Do wildlife warning reflectors elicit aversion in captive macropods?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 583-590

  Ramp, Daniel ^a   Croft, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLLISION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MARSUPIAL; ROADKILL; SIMULATION; WARNING SYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33751068658     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR05115     Document Type: Article

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