Mammal mortality caused by highways in the Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve of Jilin Province, China

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-129

  Piao, Zhengji ^a   Jin, Yonghuan ^b   Li, Shanlong ^b   Wang, Chao ^a   Piao, Jinhua ^c   Luo, Yumei ^a   Wang, Zhuocong ^a   Sui, Yacheng ^a  

^a Changbai Mountain Academy of Sciences of Jilin Province   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c Bureau of Transport of Changbai Mountain Protection and Development Zone of Jilin Province   (China)

Author keywords

Mammal mortality; Road ecology; Roadside; Traffic volume

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NATURE RESERVE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADKILL; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RODENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHANGBAI MOUNTAIN NATURE RESERVE; CHINA; JILIN;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS PENINSULAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 84862990982     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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