Warning signs mitigate deer-vehicle collisions in an urban area

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-295

  Found, Rob ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Collisions; Deer; Landscape; Mitigation; Odocoileus spp.; Roads; Signs; Urban; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEER; HOT SPOT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MITIGATION; ROADKILL; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; URBAN AREA; WARNING SYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS;

EID: 84856286505     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.12     Document Type: Review

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