Svalbard reindeer population size and trends in four sub-areas of Edgeøya
In summer 2006 Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in southwestern Edgeøya (Plurdalen, Grunnlinjesletta, Siegelfjellet and Burmeisterfjellet) showed a low population (181 animals) and recruitment rate, in terms of both calves (9.4%) and yearlings (1.2%). The low recruitment rates wer...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2606 2024-09-09T19:38:47+00:00 Svalbard reindeer population size and trends in four sub-areas of Edgeøya Reimers, Eigil 2012-05-15 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606/pdf_1 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606/html https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606/5936 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606 doi:10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089 Polar Research; Vol 31 (2012) 1751-8369 Svalbard reindeer winter mortality population regulation Edgeøya info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2012 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089 2024-06-20T23:33:17Z In summer 2006 Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in southwestern Edgeøya (Plurdalen, Grunnlinjesletta, Siegelfjellet and Burmeisterfjellet) showed a low population (181 animals) and recruitment rate, in terms of both calves (9.4%) and yearlings (1.2%). The low recruitment rates were not accompanied by high winter mortality: of only five carcasses found, none were calves born in 2005. A comparison with survey data from 1969 in a restricted part of the study area (Plurdalen and Grunnlinjesletta) shows a consistently low recruitment rate since 1975, indicating a stable or slowly decreasing population.Keywords Edgeøya; population regulation; recruitment rates; Svalbard reindeer; winter mortality; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus (Published: 15 May 2012)Citation: Polar Research 2012, 31, 11089, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089 Article in Journal/Newspaper Edgeøya Polar Research Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Svalbard svalbard reindeer Polar Research Burmeisterfjellet ENVELOPE(21.460,21.460,77.737,77.737) Edgeøya ENVELOPE(22.500,22.500,77.750,77.750) Plurdalen ENVELOPE(14.749,14.749,66.249,66.249) Siegelfjellet ENVELOPE(21.254,21.254,77.672,77.672) Svalbard Polar Research 31 1 11089 |
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In summer 2006 Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in southwestern Edgeøya (Plurdalen, Grunnlinjesletta, Siegelfjellet and Burmeisterfjellet) showed a low population (181 animals) and recruitment rate, in terms of both calves (9.4%) and yearlings (1.2%). The low recruitment rates were not accompanied by high winter mortality: of only five carcasses found, none were calves born in 2005. A comparison with survey data from 1969 in a restricted part of the study area (Plurdalen and Grunnlinjesletta) shows a consistently low recruitment rate since 1975, indicating a stable or slowly decreasing population.Keywords Edgeøya; population regulation; recruitment rates; Svalbard reindeer; winter mortality; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus (Published: 15 May 2012)Citation: Polar Research 2012, 31, 11089, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089 |
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Svalbard reindeer population size and trends in four sub-areas of Edgeøya |
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