Spatial and temporal characteristics of moose highway crossings in the Buffalo Fork Valley, Wyoming.

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• Creators:
  Becker, Scott ; Kauffman, Matthew ; Hubert, Wayne
• Corporate Creators:
  Geological Survey (U.S.) ; University of Wyoming. Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Wildlife crossings
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Global Positioning System
  • Data collection
  • Spatial analysis
  • Animal migrations
  • Vegetation
  • Highway design
  • Landscape design
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-WY-08/03F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wyoming
• Corporate Publisher:
  Wyoming. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this study was to provide the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and the Wyoming Game and Fish ; Department (WGFD) with information that could be used to assess the importance of habitat, landscape, and anthropogenic features that are essential ; determinants in evaluating moose crossing locations in northwest Wyoming. ; Approximately 30 moose were captured, tranquilized, and collared using global positioning system (GPS) collars. The collars were programmed to ; provide a fix every hour from 15 November to 15 June, and every five hours from 16 June to 14 November. ; The results of this study demonstrated that models developed to assess adult female moose winter habitat selection could be used at a finer spatial ; scale to accurately identify areas where moose are most likely to cross U.S. Highway 26/287 in the Buffalo Valley. The moose crossing events were ; not randomly distributed, but occurred at predictable locations that could be estimated by examining winter habitat selection parameters that contained ; an abundance of forage provided by aspen and willow-dominated, riparian habitats, on either side of the road.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27408/dot_27408_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 870.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:091c019f9a2f6cb317b59117041bf2225b13f6942bbe88e0c9623f50cac514ca