Cumulative Impacts of Tourist Resorts on Wild Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) during Winter

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Nellemann, Christian, Jordhøy, Per, Støen, Ole-Gunnar, Strand, Olav
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: avoidance; development; disturbance; EIA; grazing ecology; lichen; reindeer; Rangifer; snow; tourism; évitement; mise en valeur; perturbation; ÉIE; écologie de pâture; renne; neige; tourisme; Bélier; Eia; Norway; Renne; Arctic; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63886

Potential avoidance by wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) of high-altitude tourist resorts during winter was investigated in and near Rondane National Park in Norway. Distribution of reindeer was mapped using systematic snowmobile surveys during 1991-96 and compared with results from investi...