Reducing moose-vehicle collisions through salt pool removal and displacement: An agent-based modeling approach

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Grosman, Paul D ^a   Jaeger, Jochen A G ^a   Biron, Pascale M ^a   Dussault, Christian ^b   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Alces alces; Laurentides wildlife reserve; Moose; Quebec; Road mortality; Roads; Salt pools; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GPS; MODELING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; RUMINANT; TELEMETRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 73849110195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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