Does UV-discharge from high voltage power lines affect wild reindeers’ area use?

• Main Author: Haugen, Jorunn
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2015
• Subjects: avoidance; power line; rangifer tarandus tarandus; reindeer; UV-vision; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; Føre; Veier; Rangifer tarandus; Reinsdyr
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2359421

Human activities and infrastructure continue to increase in northern regions, and in Scandinavia, the progressive development of wind and hydroelectric power, cabins, roads, and power lines is in conflict with the conservation of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) habitat. High voltage power...