Enhancing the Perceived Threat of Vehicle Approach to Deer
In: Journal of Wildlife Management, Jg. 73 (2009), S. 128-135
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In North America and Europe, deer (Cervidae)–vehicle collisions (DVCs) are common and result not only in injury and death to the animals involved, but also human injury and property damage. Given that most DVCs occur during crepuscular periods, we questioned whether the perceived threat to deer posed by vehicle approach could be enhanced. We hypothesized that a vehicle-based lighting system that better complements peak visual capabilities of deer at night relative to standard tungsten-halogen (TH) lighting alone would elicit a greater flight-initiation distance (FID) by free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Our lighting system comprised 2 TH lamps and one Xenarc high-intensity discharge (HID) lamp. We defined an a priori logistic model comprising 4 variables potentially explaining deer FID relative to vehicle approach: 1) starting distance of the approach, 2) lighting treatment, 3) season, and 4) deer group size. Deer exposed to the combination of TH lamps and constant illumina...
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Enhancing the Perceived Threat of Vehicle Approach to Deer
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Blackwell, Bradley F. ; Seamans, Thomas W. |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Wildlife Management, Jg. 73 (2009), S. 128-135 |
Veröffentlichung: | Wiley, 2009 |
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ISSN: | 1937-2817 (print) ; 0022-541X (print) |
DOI: | 10.2193/2008-014 |
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