Intentional snake road-kill: A case study using fake snakes on a Brazilian road

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 561-571

  Secco, Helio ^a   Ratton, Pedro ^a   Castro, Erika ^a   da Silva Lucas, Priscila ^a   Bager, Alex ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human behavior; Reptile conservation; Road ecology; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907262454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291400700313     Document Type: Article

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