Using video surveillance to estimate wildlife use of a highway underpass

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2792-2800

  Kleist, Andrea M ^a,b   Lancia, Richard A ^a   Doerr, Phillip D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer; Highway; North Carolina; Odocoileus virginianus; Underpass; Vehicle collisions; Video

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRIDGE; COLLISION; CONNECTIVITY; DEER; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPACE USE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

DURHAM [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 48249117483     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-070     Document Type: Article

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