Avoidance of roads by large herbivores and its relation to disturbance intensity

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-40

  Leblond, M ^a   Dussault, C ^b   Ouellet, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Habitat fragmentation; Human activity; Road ecology; Road effect zone; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; DISTURBANCE; GPS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOVEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE SELECTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 84871609559     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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