Wildlife Warning Signs and Animal Detection Systems Aimed at Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

Handbook of Road Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 198-212

  Huijser, Marcel P ^a   Mosler Berger, Christa ^b   Olsson, Mattias ^c   Strein, Martin ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EnviroPlanning AB   (Sweden)

^d Forest Research Institute Baden Württemberg FVA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collision; Driver; Reduction; Response; Sign; Warning; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REDUCTION;

COLLISION; DRIVER; RESPONSE; SIGN; WARNING; WILDLIFE;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 84975283805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118568170.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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