Coastal road mortality of land crab during spawning migration

Abstract Land crabs are threatened by ocean sprawl even though they act as keystone consumers in coastal forest. Female land crabs must migrate to the sea annually to release larvae. However, they face the risk of road mortality which reduces ecological connectivity. We investigated the spawning mig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mi Ryu, Jae Geun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86143-z