Spatiotemporal patterns of area use by humans and wild reindeer in a Norwegian National Park

• Main Author: Kjønsberg, Marius
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: human disturbance; wild reindeer; avoidance; movement pattern; hiking-trail; cabins; barrier; menneskelig forstyrrelser; unnvikelse; villrein; bevegelsesmønster; tursti; hytter; barriere; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Landbruksfag: 910::Naturressursforvaltning: 914; Dovrefjell; Kongsvoll; Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2602721

Human impacts have for several decades led to fragmentation of habitats for wild reindeer across Norway. In Dovrefjell – Sunndalsfjella National Park there is a complexity of human activity that threatens the seasonal migration pattern for wild reindeer around the central mountain range Snøhettamass...