Assessment of habitat fragmentation caused by traffic networks and identifying key affected areas to facilitate rare wildlife conservation in China

Wildlife Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266-279

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Dong, Tian ^a   Xu, Weihua ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FACILITATION; FELID; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; RAILWAY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; RUMINANT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; PROCAPRA PRZEWALSKII; TRAGOPAN; TRAGOPAN CABOTI; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 84937219131     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR14124     Document Type: Article

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