Flattened fauna and mitigation: Traffic victims related to road, traffic, vehicle, and species characteristics

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-276

  Jaarsma, Catharinus F ^a   van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Botma, Hein ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Road ecology; Transportation planning; Wildlife traffic mortality

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ECOLOGY; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

POISSON-DISTRIBUTED ARRIVALS OF CARS; TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES; WILDLIFE TRAFFIC MORTALITY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

FAUNA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; POISSON RATIO; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746369125     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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