Road mortalities of vertebrate species on ring changbai mountain scenic highway, jilin province, china

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-409

  Wang, Yun ^a   Piao, Zheng Ji ^b   Guan, Lei ^a   Wang, Xuan Ya ^a   Kong, Ya Ping ^a   Chen, Jiding ^a  

^a CHINA ACADEMY OF TRANSPORTATION SCIENCES   (China)

^b Changbai Mountain Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Road ecology; Road kill; Roadside; Traffic casualties; Wildlife mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890102375     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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