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The Effect of Roads on the Movement of Large and Mid-sized Mammals

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 14 (2014): Issue 1 (December 2014)
By: Marcis Saklaurs and  Raivis Baltmanis  
Open Access
|Mar 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rtuect-2014-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 23 - 29
Published on: Mar 3, 2015
Published by: Riga Technical University
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Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Effect,
forest roads,
large and medium size mammals,
movements
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