Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities
Displacement is the effect most often predicted when recreational activities in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) areas are discussed. Wild reindeer in Blefjell (225 km2) are exposed to humans more frequently than in Hardangervidda (8200 km2), from which the Blefjell herd originate. We reco...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/781 2023-05-15T18:03:54+02:00 Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities Reimers, Eigil Røed, Knut H. Flaget, Øystein Lurås, Eivind 2010-03-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/781 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.781 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/781/749 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/781 doi:10.7557/2.30.1.781 Copyright (c) 2015 Eigil Reimers, Knut H. Røed, Øystein Flaget, Eivind Lurås http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 30 Nr 1 (2010); 45-59 Rangifer; Vol 30 No 1 (2010); 45-59 1890-6729 fright responses genetic variation habituation microsatellites tourism wild reindeer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.781 2021-08-16T14:38:44Z Displacement is the effect most often predicted when recreational activities in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) areas are discussed. Wild reindeer in Blefjell (225 km2) are exposed to humans more frequently than in Hardangervidda (8200 km2), from which the Blefjell herd originate. We recorded fright and flight response distances of groups of reindeer in both herds to a person directly approaching them on foot or skis during winter, summer, and autumn post-hunting and rutting season in 2004-2006. The response distances sight, alert, flight initiation and escape were shorter in Blefjell than in Hardangervidda while the probability of assessing the observer before flight tended to be greater in Blefjell. To test whether these results could be due to habituation or genetic influence of semi-domestic reindeer previously released in the Blefjell region, we compared the genetic variation of the Blefjell reindeer with previously reported variation in semi-domestic reindeer and in the wild reindeer from Hardangervidda. Microsatellite analyses revealed closer genetic ancestry of the Blefjell reindeer to the wild Hardangervidda reindeer and not to the semi-domestic reindeer at both the herd and the individual level. We conclude that the decreased flight responses in Blefjell reindeer appear to be a habituation response to frequent human encounters rather than traits inherited from a semi-domestic origin. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 30 1 45 59 |
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Displacement is the effect most often predicted when recreational activities in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) areas are discussed. Wild reindeer in Blefjell (225 km2) are exposed to humans more frequently than in Hardangervidda (8200 km2), from which the Blefjell herd originate. We recorded fright and flight response distances of groups of reindeer in both herds to a person directly approaching them on foot or skis during winter, summer, and autumn post-hunting and rutting season in 2004-2006. The response distances sight, alert, flight initiation and escape were shorter in Blefjell than in Hardangervidda while the probability of assessing the observer before flight tended to be greater in Blefjell. To test whether these results could be due to habituation or genetic influence of semi-domestic reindeer previously released in the Blefjell region, we compared the genetic variation of the Blefjell reindeer with previously reported variation in semi-domestic reindeer and in the wild reindeer from Hardangervidda. Microsatellite analyses revealed closer genetic ancestry of the Blefjell reindeer to the wild Hardangervidda reindeer and not to the semi-domestic reindeer at both the herd and the individual level. We conclude that the decreased flight responses in Blefjell reindeer appear to be a habituation response to frequent human encounters rather than traits inherited from a semi-domestic origin. |
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Reimers, Eigil Røed, Knut H. Flaget, Øystein Lurås, Eivind |
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Reimers, Eigil Røed, Knut H. Flaget, Øystein Lurås, Eivind |
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Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities |
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Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities |
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Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities |
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Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities |
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Habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities |
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habituation responses in wild reindeer exposed to recreational activities |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/781 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.781 |
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Rangifer Rangifer tarandus |
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