Estimates of avian mortality attributed to vehicle collisions in Canada;Estimation de la mortalité aviaire attribuable aux collisions automobiles au Canada

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bishop, Christine A ^a   Brogan, Jason M ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Canada; Casualty estimates; Conservation; Mitigation; Roadkill; Roads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885359266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00604-080202     Document Type: Article

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