Difference in spatiotemporal patterns of wildlife road-crossings and wildlife-vehicle collisions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-78

  Neumann, Wiebke ^a   Ericsson, Göran ^a   Dettki, Holger ^a   Bunnefeld, Nils ^a,b   Keuler, Nicholas S ^c   Helmers, David P ^d   Radeloff, Volker C ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Collision data; Generalized additive model; Generalized linear mixed model; Movement data; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLLISION; GPS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; ROADKILL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84856223008     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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