Range Selection by Semi-Domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Relation to Infrastructure and Human Activity in the Boreal Forest Environment, Northern Finland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Anttonen, Marja, Kumpula, Jouko, Colpaert, Alfred
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: Rangifer tarandus tarandus; semi-domesticated reindeer; reindeer herding; infrastructure; human activity; human disturbance; avoidance; compositional analysis; GPS tracking; renne semi-domestiqué; troupeau de rennes; activité humaine; perturbation humaine; évitement; analyse compositionnelle; poursuite GPS; Renne; Arctic; Laponie; Northern Finland; Rangifer tarandus; Lapland; renne
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67123

During past decades, the amounts of infrastructure and human activity have increased in northern latitudes. Although the effects of human development on wild reindeer and caribou have been widely examined, its effects on semidomesticated reindeer and the reindeer herding environment are still poorly...