Planning and prioritization strategies for phased highway mitigation using wildlife-vehicle collision data

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-265

  Ford, Adam T ^a   Clevenger, Anthony P ^a   Huijser, Marcel P ^a   Dibb, Alan ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

collision; cost benefit; fencing; hotspot; mortality; secondary highway; traffic

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054082638     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/09-051     Document Type: Article

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