TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1974//
TI  - Deer Mortality on a Michigan Interstate Highway
JO  - Journal of wildlife management
A1  - Reilly, R. E.
A1  - Green, HE
SP  - 16
EP  - 19
VL  - 38
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0022-541X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -