Relationship of autumn hunting season to the frequency of deer-vehicle collisions in Michigan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1161-1164

  Sudharsan, Krishnan ^a   Riley, Shawn J ^a   Winterstein, Scott R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; COLLISION; DEER; HUNTING; ROAD TRANSPORT;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 33748996498     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1161:ROAHST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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