Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard
Two censuses made of the population of Svalbard reindeer on Edgeøya in 1983 and 1996 resulted in 1586 and 2434 individuals respectively. Together with data from earlier population surveys (1969-77), this indicates, numerically, a population growth during the period 1969-96. Because of the weaknesses...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2267 2023-05-15T16:04:03+02:00 Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard Are Øritsland, Nils 1998-01-06 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2267 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i1.6612 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2267/5518 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2267 doi:10.3402/polar.v17i1.6612 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 17 No. 1 (1998); 101-105 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1998 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i1.6612 2021-11-11T19:12:21Z Two censuses made of the population of Svalbard reindeer on Edgeøya in 1983 and 1996 resulted in 1586 and 2434 individuals respectively. Together with data from earlier population surveys (1969-77), this indicates, numerically, a population growth during the period 1969-96. Because of the weaknesses in the different census methods used, we cannot conclude that in reality a population growth has taken place even though the numerical data is correct. Therefore an average population size of 1730 (± 451 SD) individuals for the period 1969-96 is suggested. Earlier estimates of vegetated area indicate that the present data corresponds to reindeer densities averaging 1.05 and ranging from 0.79 to 1.47 individuals/km2. Article in Journal/Newspaper Edgeøya Polar Research Svalbard svalbard reindeer Polar Research (E-Journal) Edgeøya ENVELOPE(22.500,22.500,77.750,77.750) Svalbard Polar Research 17 1 101 105 |
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Two censuses made of the population of Svalbard reindeer on Edgeøya in 1983 and 1996 resulted in 1586 and 2434 individuals respectively. Together with data from earlier population surveys (1969-77), this indicates, numerically, a population growth during the period 1969-96. Because of the weaknesses in the different census methods used, we cannot conclude that in reality a population growth has taken place even though the numerical data is correct. Therefore an average population size of 1730 (± 451 SD) individuals for the period 1969-96 is suggested. Earlier estimates of vegetated area indicate that the present data corresponds to reindeer densities averaging 1.05 and ranging from 0.79 to 1.47 individuals/km2. |
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Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard |
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Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard |
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Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard |
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Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard |
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Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard |
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reindeer population size and trend on edgeøya svalbard |
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