Effect of traffic on mortality of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals on two types of roads between Pazardzhik and Plovdiv region (Bulgaria) - Preliminary results

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  Kambourova Ivanova, Nevena ^a   Koshev, Yordan ^a   Popgeorgiev, Georgi ^b   Ragyov, Dimitar ^a   Pavlova, Milena ^a   Mollov, Ivelin ^c   Nedialkov, Nedko ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b Regional Natural History Museum of Plovdiv   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Mortality; Traffic; Trakia highway; Vertebrate animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869049042     PISSN: 03240770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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