NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND DENSITY IN THE DYNAMICS OF A FLUCTUATING POPULATION OF REINDEER

• Main Authors: Tyler, J.C, Forchhammer, Mads C., Øritsland, Nils Are
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Fauna; Indigenous Peoples; Adventdalen; Arctic; Svalbard; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/547/; http://library.arcticportal.org/547/1/Reindeer_Svalbard_non_linear_dynamicsTylerEtAl_2008.pdf

Nonlinear and irregular population dynamics may arise as a result of phase dependence and coexistence of multiple attractors. Here we explore effects of climate and density in the dynamics of a highly fluctuating population of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on Svalbard observed over...