Driver knowledge and attitudes on vehicle collisions in Northern Tanzania

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 352-366

  Kioko, John ^a   Kiffner, Christian ^a   Phillips, Payton ^b   Patterson Abrolat, Claire ^c   Katers, Samuel ^d  

^a Center for Wildlife Management Studies   (Tanzania)

^b Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal Vehicle Collisions (AVCs); Attitudes; Driver awareness; Mitigation; Roads

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84933531050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291500800206     Document Type: Article

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