Faunal mortality on roads due to religious tourism across time and space in protected areas: A case study from south India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1713-1721

  Seshadri, K S ^a   Ganesh, T ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Nocturnal species; Pilgrimage; Road mortality; Tiger reserve; Vehicular density; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

NOCTURNAL SPECIES; PILGRIMAGE; ROAD MORTALITY; TIGER RESERVE; VEHICULAR DENSITY; WESTERN GHATS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FAUNA; FESTIVAL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERITAGE TOURISM; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAZOAN; MORTALITY; NATURE RESERVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RAINFALL; RELIGION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

INDIA; KALAKAD-MUNDANTHURAI TIGER RESERVE; TAMIL NADU;

ANURA; DIPLOPODA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84860406801     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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