Movements of tagged and radio-instrumented wild reindeer in relation to habitat alteration in the Snøhetta region, Norway

Authors

  • Terje Skogland Directorate for Nature Management, Research Division (DN), Tungasletta 2, N-7000 Trondheim, Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.658

Keywords:

reindeer, movements, habitat alterations, demographic effects

Abstract

In winter, 1981, 103 reindeer, out of a population of 3600, were herded into a fence by snowmobiles and marked. During the next 4 1/2 years reindeer were followed from the ground, or by radiolocations from an airplane. On the average one animal was tagged per 42 animals in any group. A total sample of 175 locations in all seasons indicated that snow conditions, traffic on a road lying parallel to a railroad, and the damming of a lake significantly affected annual distribution as compared with expected modern as well as prehistoric distribution.

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Published

1986-06-01

How to Cite

Skogland, T. (1986). Movements of tagged and radio-instrumented wild reindeer in relation to habitat alteration in the Snøhetta region, Norway. Rangifer, 6(2), 267–272. https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.658

Issue

Vol 6 (1986): Special Issue No. 1

Section

Articles