Temporal, spatial, and landscape habitat characteristics of moosevehicle collisions in western Maine

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1229-1241

  Danks, Zachary D ^a,b   Porter, William F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; collision; cutover forest; K function; kernel analysis; landscape; logistic regression; Maine; moose; vehicle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEER; GIS; LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIXED FOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 77955063561     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-358     Document Type: Article

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