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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Usage rates of an under-road tunnel by three Australian frog species: implications for road mitigation
Auteurs :	A. J. Hamer, Auteur ; R. van der Ree, Auteur ; M. J. Mahony, Auteur ; T. Langton, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Animal Conservation (17(4) AUG 2014)
Article en page(s) :	379-387
Résumé :	Many amphibians in Europe and North America regularly use under-road tunnels during dispersal. However, such structures have not been shown to mitigate the impacts of road mortality on frog populations in Australia. We tested the behavioural response of three Australian frog species to a 12-m amphibian under-road tunnel in controlled ex situ conditions. In April and October 2012, we tested 34 striped marsh frogs Limnodynastes peronii, 54 green and golden bell frogs Litoria aurea, and

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