Effective placement of road mitigation using lessons learned from turtle crossing signs in Ontario

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Gunson, Kari E ^a   Schueler, Frederick W ^b  

^a Eco Kare International   (Canada)

^b Bishops Mills Natural History Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crossing signs; Mitigation placement; Road; Turtle; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870278321     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.30.4.329     Document Type: Article

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