Fecal Hormones as a Non-Invasive Population Monitoring Method for Reindeer

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: C-Jae C. Morden, Robert B. Weladji, Erik Ropstad, Ellen Dahl, Øystein Holand, Gabriela Mastromonaco, Mauri Nieminen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Wildlife Society 2011
• Subjects: Svalbard; Norway; Kaamanen; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.185

Proper management of threatened species requires knowledge of population sizes and structures, however current techniques to gather this information are generally impractical and costly and can be stressful on the animals. Non-invasive methods that can produce high quality and accurate results are b...