Characteristics of road-kill locations of san clemente island foxes

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-39

  Snow, Nathan P ^a,b   Andelt, William F ^a   Gould, Nicholas P ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal vehicle collisions; California; Carnivores; Island fox; Mortality; Road kills; Roads; Urocyon littoralis clementae

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CANID; CARNIVORE; COLLISION; CULVERT; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADKILL; SEASONALITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; CANIDAE; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 80051882698     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.4     Document Type: Article

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