‘Animals under wheels’: Wildlife roadkill data collection by citizen scientists as a part of their nature recording activities

Kristijn R. R. Swinnen; Annelies Jacobs; Katja Claus; Sanne Ruyts; Diemer Vercayie; Jorg Lambrechts; Marc Herremans

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Nature Conservation 47: 121-153
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