Traffic volume alters elk distribution and highway crossings in Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2318-2323

  Gagnon, Jeffrey W ^a   Theimer, Tad C ^b   Dodd, Norris L ^a   Boe, Susan ^a   Schweinsburg, Raymond E ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Cervus elaphus; Collisions; Elk; Highway; Permeability; Roads; Traffic; Ungulate; Wildlife vehicle

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DEER; GPS; MODELING; PROBABILITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 48249149077     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-224     Document Type: Article

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