Factors contributing to amphibian road mortality in a wetland

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 768-774

  Gu, Haijun ^a,b   Dai, Qiang ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Wang, Yuezhao ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bufo minshanicus; Nanorana pleskei; Rana kukunoris; Road mortality; Zoige Wetland

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BUFO; NANORANA PLESKEI;

EID: 80055108487     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.6.768     Document Type: Article

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