Trends and spatial patterns in ungulate-vehicle collisions in Sweden

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-313

  Seiler, Andreas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Automobile; Capreolus capreolus; Infrastructure; Mitigation; Moose; Road accidents; Roe deer; Traffic casualties; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 10644239655     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.036     Document Type: Article

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