Movements of tagged and radio-instrumented wild reindeer in relation to habitat alteration in the Snøhetta region, Norway

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Skogland, Terje
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1986
• Subjects: reindeer; movements; habitat alterations; demographic effects; Norway; Snøhetta; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/658; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.658

In winter, 1981, 103 reindeer, out of a population of 3600, were herded into a fence by snowmobiles and marked. During the next 4 1/2 years reindeer were followed from the ground, or by radiolocations from an airplane. On the average one animal was tagged per 42 animals in any group. A total sample...