Deer responses to sounds from a vehicle-mounted sound-production system

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1072-1076

  Valitzski, Sharon A ^a   D'Angelo, Gino J ^a   Gallagher, George R ^b   Osborn, David A ^a   Miller, Karl V ^a   Warren, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

auditory deterrent; deer whistle; deervehicle collision; hearing; Odocoileus virginianus; sound; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; AUTOMOBILE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLLISION; DEER; HEARING; MOTORWAY; NOISE; RANGE SIZE;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77954486175     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-581     Document Type: Article

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