An approach toward understanding wildlife-vehicle collisions

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 688-697

  Litvaitis, John A ^a   Tash, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Emydoidea blandingii; Lynx rufus; Roadkills; Vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; COLLISION MODELS; COLLISION RATES; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HABITAT MODIFICATION; HOT SPOTTING; LYNX RUFUS; ROAD NETWORKS; ROADKILLS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE COLLISION; VEHICLE COLLISIONS; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FOOD ADDITIVES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE; COLLISION; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FELID; MOVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADKILL; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LYNX; MOOSE; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURTLE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; SAFETY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; LYNX RUFUS; TESTUDINES; UNGULATA;

EID: 51849136089     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9108-4     Document Type: Article

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