Testing alternative designs for a roadside animal detection system using a driving simulator

Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-77

  Grace, Molly K ^a   Smith, Daniel J ^a   Noss, Reed F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal Detection System; Animal vehicle collisions; Driving simulator; RADS; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944407865     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.11.4420     Document Type: Article

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