Moose movement rates along highways and crossing probability models

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2338-2345

  Dussault, Christian ^a,b   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^b   Laurian, Catherine ^b   Courtois, Rèhaume ^a   Poulin, Marius ^c   Breton, Laurier ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c Direction Générale de Québec et de L'est du Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Habitat; Highway crossing; Model; Moose; Movement rate; Qu bec; Road; Topography

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DEER; GPS; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; MOVEMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; ROAD; TELEMETRY;

CANADA; LAURENTIDES WILDLIFE RESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALCES ALCES; CERVIDAE;

EID: 41849127503     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-499     Document Type: Article

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