Contradiction and complacency shape attitudes towards the toll of roads on wildlife

Animals

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Ramp, Daniel ^a,b   Wilson, Vanessa K ^a   Croft, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driver attitudes; Driver behaviour; Road ecology; Road kill; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975215501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani6060040     Document Type: Article

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