Svalbard reindeer population size and trends in four sub-areas of Edgeøya

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Reimers, Eigil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2012
• Subjects: Svalbard reindeer; winter mortality; population regulation; Edgeøya; Burmeisterfjellet; Plurdalen; Siegelfjellet; Svalbard; Polar Research; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2606; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089

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...