Direction of escape in reindeer

  • Leonid M. Baskin Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky Pr., Moscow, 117071 Russia.
  • Terje Skogland Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tungasletta 2, N-7005 Trondheim, Norway (Deceased)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.384
Keywords: behaviour, Rangifer tarandus, wild reindeer, feral reindeer

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that reindeer prefer to run uphill and upwind when escaping from man. Groups of wild and feral reindeer in Norway, Svalbard and on Wrangel Island were approached and their behaviour and direction of escape were recorded. Two stages of interaction with man were studied: first flight and final withdrawal. First flights proved to be away from man, upwind and uphill. Most final withdrawals were in the direction reindeer were moving when first observed.
Published
1997-04-01
How to Cite
BaskinL. M., & SkoglandT. (1997). Direction of escape in reindeer. Rangifer, 17(1), 37-40. https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.384
Issue
Vol 17 No 1 (1997)
Section
Articles
Copyright (c) 2015 Leonid M. Baskin, Terje Skogland

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