Standardizing the data on vehicle-wildlife collisions
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Human-Wildlife Conflicts
Volume
2
Publication Date
1-1-2007
First Page
3
Last Page
4
Abstract
There are few more dramatic manifestations of human– wildlife conflict than squealing brakes, a sickening crunch, flying gravel, and then silence except for the weakly spasmodic scrabbling of a semipulverized deer as it lies dying on the side of a highway. The scientific analysis of wildlife–vehicle collisions is an applied science of increasing importance throughout the industrialized world, but it is yet woefully deficient in theoretical underpinnings and standardized methodology. The overarching discipline of road ecology has only recently gained formal recognition through the publication of the first definitive book on this topic by Forman et al. (2003). And until now, there has not been a target journal in which research on the problem of wildlife– vehicle collisions can be highlighted and developed within a focused readership.
Recommended Citation
du Toit, J.T. 2007. Standardizing the data on vehicle-wildlife collisions. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 2:3-4