Characterizing Moose-vehicle collision hotspots in northern British Columbia

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-58

  Rea, Roy V ^a,b   Johnson, Chris J ^a   Emmons, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident; Automobile; Collision; Highway; Hotspot; Moose; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902812954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/062013-jfwm-042     Document Type: Article

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