Are Roadkill Hotspots in the Cerrado Equal Among Groups of Vertebrates?
Understand the spatial distribution of wildlife roadkill is necessary to design mitigation measures minimizing damage to the fauna and the human population. Thus, we aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of wildlife roadkill in the Brazilian savanna ("Cerrado") to test whether roadkill hotspots...
| Published in: | Environmental Management Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 565 - 574 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Apr2020
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