The small, the forgotten and the dead: Highway impact on vertebrates and its implications for mitigation strategies

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-342

  González Gallina, Alberto ^a   Benítez Badillo, Griselda ^a   Rojas Soto, Octavio R ^a   Hidalgo Mihart, Mircea G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Highway; Impact; Mexico; Richness; Roadkills; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GRASSLAND; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADKILL; RODENT; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VERTEBRATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872674276     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0396-x     Document Type: Article

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