Kangaroo-vehicle collisions in Australia's sheep rangelands, during and following drought periods

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Lee, Enhua ^a   Klöcker, Ulrike ^b   Croft, David B ^a   Ramp, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Demography; Drought; Kangaroo vehicle collisions; Mortality; Road ecology; Roadkill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986253101     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am04215     Document Type: Article

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