Potential avoidance and barrier effects of a power line on range use and migration patterns of semi-domestic reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus)

• Main Author: Bergmo, Tine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2011
• Subjects: Rangifer; Reindeer; Disturbance; Infrastructure; Power line; Avoidance; Habitat selection; Berrier; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Management of natural resources: 914; Norway; Veier; Skråningen; Nord-Norge; Northern Norway; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer husbandry; Reinsdyr; sami
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/186746

Infrastructure like roads and power lines may be a disturbance to, or be perceived as a barrier, for reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). Possible avoidance and barrier effects, in addition to reindeer habitat selection near a power line, were investigated using faecal pellet group counts in two s...