USE OF ONE-WAY GATES BY MULE DEER
GATES DESIGNED TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMINOUS) IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION WERE TESTED UNDER CONTROLLED AND FIELD CONDITIONS. TWO GATE TYPES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES OF USE UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. EIGHT GATES OF THE TYPE DEEMED MOST EFFECTIVE WERE INSTALLED IN EIGHT-FOOT (2.44-M) FENCES ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 NEAR VAIL. COLORADO. A TOTAL OF 558 PASSAGES WERE RECORDED THROUGH THESE GATES DURING 1970-72 AND 96 PERCENT OF THESE WERE IN THE ONE-WAY DIRECTION FOR WHICH THE GATE WAS DESIGNED. BASED ON TRACK COUNTS, IT WAS ESTIMATED THESE GATES PERMITTED ABOUT 223 DEER TO ESCAPE THE IMMEDIATE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Reed, D F
- Pojar, T M
- Woodard, T N
- Publication Date: 1974-1
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 9-15
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Serial:
- Journal of Wildlife Management
- Volume: 38
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Wildlife Society
- ISSN: 0022-541X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Deer; Field tests; Gates; One way streets; Wildlife
- Uncontrolled Terms: Right of way
- Old TRIS Terms: Control conditions
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00222425
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 31 2003 12:00AM