Video surveillance to assess highway underpass use by elk in Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 637-645

  Dodd, Norris L ^a   Gagnon, Jeffrey W ^a   Manzo, Amanda L ^a   Schweinsburg, Raymond E ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Behavior; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Highway impact; Underpasses; Video surveillance; Wildlife passage

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RECONSTRUCTION; SPACE USE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI;

EID: 48249138581     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-340     Document Type: Article

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