Annual trends in the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions on the main linear transport corridors (highway and railway) of Hungary

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-50

  Cserkész, Tamás ^a   Farkas, János ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate; Game species; Road kill; Traffic; WVC

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; SUS SCROFA; VULPES;

EID: 84936888854     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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