Population dynamics of the Taimyr reindeer population

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Pavlov, B.M., Kolpashchikov, L.A., Zyryanov, V.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: reindeer; commercial harvest; density; hunting; industrial development; movements; Russia; Taimyr; Norilsk; Yenisey; khatanga; norilsk; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; yenisey river
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1281; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1281

The Taimyr herd of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) is one of the three largest herds of wild Rangifer in the world, and numbered about 600 000 in 1993. The herd grew continuously from 1959 to 1990, and is now stable due primarily to intensive commercial harvesting along the Khatanga Ri...