Validity of the prey-trap hypothesis for carnivore-ungulate interactions at wildlife-crossing structures

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1679-1685

  Ford, Adam T ^a   Clevenger, Anthony P ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Highway; Kill sites; Mitigation; Road; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; MOTORWAY; MOVEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; ROADKILL; UNGULATE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CANADA; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RUMINANTS;

ALBERTA; BANFF NATIONAL PARK; CANADA;

MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 78349262237     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01564.x     Document Type: Article

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