Direction of escape in reindeer

We tested the hypothesis that reindeer prefer to run uphill and upwind when escaping from man. Groups of wild and feral reindeer in Norway, Svalbard and on Wrangel Island were approached and their behaviour and direction of escape were recorded. Two stages of interaction with man were studied: first...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Authors: Baskin, Leonid M., Skogland, Terje
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1997
Subjects:
behaviour
Rangifer tarandus
wild reindeer
feral reindeer
Norway
Svalbard
Wrangel Island
Rangifer
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/384
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.384
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spelling ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/384 2023-05-15T18:03:54+02:00 Direction of escape in reindeer Baskin, Leonid M. Skogland, Terje 1997-04-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/384 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.384 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/384/373 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/384 doi:10.7557/2.17.1.384 Copyright (c) 2015 Leonid M. Baskin, Terje Skogland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 17 Nr 1 (1997); 37-40 Rangifer; Vol 17 No 1 (1997); 37-40 1890-6729 behaviour Rangifer tarandus wild reindeer feral reindeer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1997 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.384 2021-08-16T14:23:09Z We tested the hypothesis that reindeer prefer to run uphill and upwind when escaping from man. Groups of wild and feral reindeer in Norway, Svalbard and on Wrangel Island were approached and their behaviour and direction of escape were recorded. Two stages of interaction with man were studied: first flight and final withdrawal. First flights proved to be away from man, upwind and uphill. Most final withdrawals were in the direction reindeer were moving when first observed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Svalbard Wrangel Island University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Norway Svalbard Wrangel Island ENVELOPE(-179.385,-179.385,71.244,71.244) Rangifer 17 1 37
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topic behaviour
Rangifer tarandus
wild reindeer
feral reindeer
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Rangifer tarandus
wild reindeer
feral reindeer
Baskin, Leonid M.
Skogland, Terje
Direction of escape in reindeer
topic_facet behaviour
Rangifer tarandus
wild reindeer
feral reindeer
description We tested the hypothesis that reindeer prefer to run uphill and upwind when escaping from man. Groups of wild and feral reindeer in Norway, Svalbard and on Wrangel Island were approached and their behaviour and direction of escape were recorded. Two stages of interaction with man were studied: first flight and final withdrawal. First flights proved to be away from man, upwind and uphill. Most final withdrawals were in the direction reindeer were moving when first observed.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Baskin, Leonid M.
Skogland, Terje
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title Direction of escape in reindeer
title_short Direction of escape in reindeer
title_full Direction of escape in reindeer
title_fullStr Direction of escape in reindeer
title_full_unstemmed Direction of escape in reindeer
title_sort direction of escape in reindeer
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
publishDate 1997
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/384
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