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Mass mortality of Madagascar radiated tortoise caused by road construction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Steven M. Goodman ,
Mark Pidgeon  and
Sheila O'Connor
Steven M. Goodman
Affiliation:
Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA and World Wide Fund for Nature, Aires Protégées, BP 738, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar.
Mark Pidgeon
Affiliation:
Missouri Botanical Garden, BP 3391, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar.
Sheila O'Connor
Affiliation:
World Wide Fund for Nature, Aires Protégées, BP 738, Antananarivo (101), Madagascar.
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Abstract

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The Madagascar radiated tortoise, already beset by habitat destruction and human exploitation, suffered another blow when many individuals died as a result of a road improvement scheme in the heart of their range. When the authors of this paper reported the problem the Malagasy government authorities acted swiftly to modify the road to prevent tortoises being trapped there in the future.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 115 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1994

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