Effects of traffic on elk use of wildlife underpasses in Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2324-2328

  Gagnon, Jeffrey W ^a   Theimer, Tad C ^b   Dodd, Norris L ^a   Manzo, Amanda L ^a,c   Schweinsburg, Raymond E ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AZTEC Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Elk; Mitigation; Permeability; Roads; Traffic; Ungulate vehicle collisions; Ungulates; Video surveillance; Wildlife underpasses

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLLISION; DEER; MITIGATION; SPACE USE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 48249123396     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-445     Document Type: Article

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