Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Northern Norway: Causes, Hotspot Detection and Mitigation

• Main Author: Sørensen, Johanne Bratfoss
• Other Authors: Loe, Leif Egil, Rolandsen, Christer Moe, Wildenschild, Henrik
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2017
• Subjects: Moose; Moose-vehicle collisions; hotspots; mitigation; Northern Norway; Alces alces; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488; Norway; Føre; Nord-Norge; Nordland; Elg; Troms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2467077

Animal-vehicle collisions are a growing concern worldwide, from the perspectives of human health and animal welfare, and due to high socioeconomic costs. This has led to an intensive search for effective mitigation measures. However, underlying mechanisms increasing the collision risk is often unkno...