The effect of scent-marking, forest clearing, and supplemental feeding on moose-train collisions

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1125-1132

  Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Gundersen, Hege ^a,b   Storaas, Torstein ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces L.; Forest clearing; Moose vehicle accidents; Scent marking; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; RAILWAY; SCENT MARKING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 27944475928     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1125:TEOSFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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