The effects of human disturbance on the activity of wild reindeer in different physical condition

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Skogland, Terje, Grøvan, Beate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1988
• Subjects: human disturbance; wild reindeer; reindeer condition; Oliva; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/726; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.8.1.726

We compared two Norwegian wild reindeer herds, Knutsho in excellent physical condition and Hardangervidda in poor physical condition, before and during disturbance by human hunters in order to test whether physical condition effected foraging strategy under stress. Both herds were being regularly hu...