Assessment of elk highway permeability by using Global Positioning System telemetry

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1107-1117

  Dodd, Norris L ^a   Gagnon, Jeffrey W ^a   Boe, Susan ^a   Schweinsburg, Raymond E ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Global Positioning System; Highway crossings; Movements; Passage rates; Permeability; Telemetry; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONNECTIVITY; DEER; FEEDING GROUND; GPS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PERMEABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TELEMETRY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI; UNGULATA;

EID: 48249090578     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-106     Document Type: Article

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