Estimation of bird-vehicle collision mortality on U.S. roads

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 763-771

  Loss, Scott R ^a,c   Will, Tom ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Division of Migratory Birds   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic mortality; automobiles; birds; detection probability; roadkill; roads; scavenger removal; systematic review; United States; vehicles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 84903266296     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.721     Document Type: Review

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