Hot Spots and Hot Times: Wildlife Road Mortality in a Regional Conservation Corridor

Environmental Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 874-889

  Garrah, Evelyn ^a   Danby, Ryan K ^a   Eberhardt, Ewen ^b,c   Cunnington, Glenn M ^c   Mitchell, Scott ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Hot spot; Road ecology; Traffic impacts; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MAMMALS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; HOT SPOT; ROAD ECOLOGY; TRAFFIC IMPACTS; VEHICLE COLLISIONS;

SURVEYS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; ROADKILL; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ANURA; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAFFIC; TURTLE; WEATHER; WETLAND; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE ROAD MORTALITY; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ONTARIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPTILE; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WILD ANIMAL;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; ONTARIO; REPTILES; SEASONS; TRANSPORTATION; WEATHER;

EID: 84940962675     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0566-1     Document Type: Article

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