The spatial ecology of deer–vehicle collisions |
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| Authors: | Rusty A Gonser Ryan R Jensen Samuel E Wolf |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Biology, Indiana State University, 600 Chestnut Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA;bDepartment of Geography, 690 SWKT, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA |
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| Abstract: | Deer–vehicle collisions (DVCs) are a constant problem in North America that cost millions of dollars of damage and loss of human life. This study investigated the spatial relationship of DVCs for a county in western Indiana using nearest neighbor analysis, chi-square test of independence, and a landscape metric: the percentage of like adjacencies. The study was able to show that DVCs are not randomly located, and that habitat type and structure may play an important role in the location of DVCs. |
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| Keywords: | Deer– vehicle collisions White-tailed deer Nearest neighbor Spatial ecology |
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