Citizen science and smartphones take roadkill monitoring to the next level

Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-40

  Vercayie, Diemer ^a   Herremans, Marc ^b  

^a Diemer Vercayie Natuurpunt Studie   (Belgium)

^b Dr Marc Herremans Natuurpunt Studie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Hotspots; Monitoring; Road ecology; Roadkill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944391382     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.11.4439     Document Type: Article

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