Direction of escape in reindeer

• 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

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...