@article{ref1,
title="Deer Mortality on a Michigan Interstate Highway",
journal="Journal of wildlife management",
year="1974",
author="Reilly, R. E. and Green, HE",
volume="38",
number="1",
pages="16-19",
abstract="Yearly totals of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) killed by automobiles in a northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) deer wintering area in Upper Michigan's Mackinac County were compiled for a 13 year period from 1960 through 1972 for a study area bounded by the Pine and Carp Rivers on the north and south respectively and the Mackinac Trail and M-134 at the Pine River on the west and east respectively. Mackinac Trail, a two-lane highway (formerly US 2), intersects approximately a 5-mile stretch of this wintering area. In 1963, Interstate 75 was constructed roughly parallel to US 2 and about 0.25 mile east of it and thus also intersected the wintering area. In 1964, car-deer kills in the study area increased by approximately 500 percent over the average of the previous four years. This car-deer kill declined slightly through 1967, and has recently fluctuated about an average which is approximately twice that of the pre-Interstate yearly mortality figure.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-541X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}