Motorist response to a deer-sensing warning system

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 565-573

  Gordon, Kelly M ^a,c,d,e   McKinstry, Mark C ^a,b,f,g   Anderson, Stanley H ^a,e,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e Wyoming Coop Fish Wildl Res U   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g Wildlife Society   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer vehicle collision; Highway; Mitigation; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Road kill

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; ROADKILL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 3242658411     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[565:MRTADW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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