Traffic mortality of four ungulate species in southern Finland

Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-28

  Niemi, Milla ^a   Matala, Juho ^b   Melin, Markus ^c   Eronen, Visa ^d   Järvenpää, Hannu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Finnish Wildlife Agency   (Finland)

^e Hyvinkää Game Management Association   (Finland)

Author keywords

Collision rate; Deer vehicle collision; Game Management; Moose vehicle collision; Population size; Traffic mortality rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944392886     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.11.4416     Document Type: Article

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