Effect of paved road density on abundance of white-tailed deer

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 478-487

  Munro, Keith G ^a   Bowman, Jeff ^b   Fahrig, Lenore ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

deer ; habitat fragmentation; Odocoileus virginianus; Ontario; Pennsylvania; reproductive rate; road mortality; vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLLISION; DATA SET; DEER; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MORTALITY; PAVEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROADKILL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84865589591     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11152     Document Type: Article

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