Relative effects of road risk, habitat suitability, and connectivity on wildlife roadkills: The case of tawny owls (Strix aluco)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Santos, Sara M ^a   Lourenço, Rui ^a   Mira, António ^a   Beja, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE; MAXENT DISTRIBUTION MODEL; MULTI SPECIES ROADKILL INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OWL; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRIX ALUCO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR VEHICLES; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84896726218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079967     Document Type: Article

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