Reindeer population size and trend on Edgeøya Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Are Øritsland, Nils
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1998
• Subjects: Edgeøya; Svalbard; Polar Research; svalbard reindeer
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2267; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v17i1.6612

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...