Vigilance and fright behaviour in the insular Svalbard reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Reimers, Eigil, Lund, Steinar, Ergon, Torbjørn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2011
• Subjects: Adventdalen; Colesdalen; Edgeøya; Longyearbyen; Nordenskiöld Land; Norway; Reindalen; Sassendalen; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; Spitzbergen; svalbard reindeer; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z11-040; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/z11-040; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z11-040

The insular Svalbard reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Vrolik, 1829) provide an opportunity to study vigilance behaviour in the absence of predators and parasitizing insects. We measured vigilance and fright and flight response during summer 2006 in the Svalbard archipelago; in four areas o...