Influence of sampling effort on the estimated richness of road-killed vertebrate wildlife

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 851-858

  Bager, Alex ^a   Da Rosa, Clarissa A ^a  

^a Road Ecology Research Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community structure; Experimental design; Road ecology; Roadkill

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; ROAD ECOLOGY; ROADKILL; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; THREATENED SPECIES;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; MAMMALS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAMPLING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STATISTICS;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MORTALITY; ROADKILL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RELIABILITY; REPTILE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VERTEBRATES;

BRAZIL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959375815     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9656-x     Document Type: Article

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