Impacts of vehicle traffic on the distribution and behaviour of rutting elk, Cervus elaphus

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-413

  St Clair, Colleen C ^a   Forrest, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human disturbance; Management; Road effects; Rut; Ungulate; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 59649089162     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X410973     Document Type: Article

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