Effectiveness of temporary warning signs in reducing deer-vehicle collisions during mule deer migrations

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 907-915

  Sullivan, Todd L ^a,b,d,e,f   Williams, Allan F ^c,g   Messmer, Terry A ^a,h,i,j,k   Hellinga, Laurie A ^c,l   Kyrychenko, Sergey Y ^c,m  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e California Waterfowl Association   (United States)

^f UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Jack H Berryman Institute   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^j NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Wildlife Society   (United States)

^l Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deer vehicle collisions; Migration; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Temporary signing; Vehicle speeds

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DEER; MIGRATION; ROAD; WARNING SYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 7544234878     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0907:EOTWSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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