Can we mitigate animal-vehicle accidents using predictive models?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 701-710

  Malo, Juan E ^a   Suárez, Francisco ^a   Díez, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Actividades Estud Y P   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collision; Corridor; Deer; Fauna passage; Fragmentation; Road kill; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; DATABASE; FRAGMENTATION; ROADKILL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3843105681     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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