Effects of roads on insects: a review

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 659-682

  Muñoz, Pilar Tamayo ^a   Torres, Felipe Pascual ^a   Megías, Adela González ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Insects; Road mortality; Traffic volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925539004     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0831-2     Document Type: Review

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