Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements?
Reindeer herdsmen and authorities in Scandinavia fear detrimental effects from wind‐power plants (WPs) on movements and area use of reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus . We tested the extent to which a WP represented a behavioural barrier for reindeer movement by comparing two neighbouring areas; on...
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crwiley:10.2981/11-116 2024-06-23T07:56:21+00:00 Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? Colman, Jonathan E. Eftest⊘l, Sindre Tsegaye, Diress Flydal, Kjetil Mysterud, Atle Norsk Hydro Statoil 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.2981/11-116 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2981/11-116 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.2981/11-116 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Wildlife Biology volume 18, issue 4, page 439-445 ISSN 1903-220X 1903-220X journal-article 2012 crwiley https://doi.org/10.2981/11-116 2024-06-06T04:20:29Z Reindeer herdsmen and authorities in Scandinavia fear detrimental effects from wind‐power plants (WPs) on movements and area use of reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus . We tested the extent to which a WP represented a behavioural barrier for reindeer movement by comparing two neighbouring areas; one peninsula with and one without a WP. Both peninsulas had a parallel road and a power line bisecting them in a north‐south direction. Presence of a larger or similar number of reindeer on the outer western compared to the inner eastern sections in both areas indicated no barrier effect from the WP. Furthermore, no clear barrier effects were found for reindeer movements during summer in the WP or neighbouring area, as reindeer have continued to cross back and forth between the inner and outer sections of the two areas. Contrary to our expectation, our finding contrasted with previous studies finding negative barrier effects from linear structures such as power lines and roads, suggesting considerable variation in the extent to which infrastructure acts as barriers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Wiley Online Library Wildlife Biology 18 4 439 445 |
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Reindeer herdsmen and authorities in Scandinavia fear detrimental effects from wind‐power plants (WPs) on movements and area use of reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus . We tested the extent to which a WP represented a behavioural barrier for reindeer movement by comparing two neighbouring areas; one peninsula with and one without a WP. Both peninsulas had a parallel road and a power line bisecting them in a north‐south direction. Presence of a larger or similar number of reindeer on the outer western compared to the inner eastern sections in both areas indicated no barrier effect from the WP. Furthermore, no clear barrier effects were found for reindeer movements during summer in the WP or neighbouring area, as reindeer have continued to cross back and forth between the inner and outer sections of the two areas. Contrary to our expectation, our finding contrasted with previous studies finding negative barrier effects from linear structures such as power lines and roads, suggesting considerable variation in the extent to which infrastructure acts as barriers. |
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Colman, Jonathan E. Eftest⊘l, Sindre Tsegaye, Diress Flydal, Kjetil Mysterud, Atle Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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Is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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is a wind‐power plant acting as a barrier for reindeer rangifer tarandus tarandus movements? |
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