Effects of Road Networks on Bird Populations;Efectos de las Redes de Caminos sobre Poblaciones de Aves

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Kociolek, A V ^a   Clevenger, A P ^a   St Clair, C C ^b   Proppe, D S ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird Populations; Road Mortality; Roads; Roadway Lighting; Surface Transportation; Traffic Noise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROADKILL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952752142     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01635.x     Document Type: Review

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