Importance of visibility when evaluating animal response to roads

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-405

  Montgomery, Robert A ^a,b   Roloff, Gary J ^b   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; elk; Euclidean distance; forage quality; roads; utilization distribution; visibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872125518     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-123     Document Type: Article

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