Wildlife warning signs: Public assessment of components, placement and designs to optimise driver response

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1142-1161

  Bond, Amy R F ^a   Jones, Darryl N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Mitigation; Road ecology; Road signs; Sign design; Urban wildlife; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891906265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3041142     Document Type: Article

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