Hiking in Rondane wild reindeer range : human trail use and the effect of removing trail marks

• Main Author: Fjelle, Marita
• Other Authors: Moe, Stein Ragnar, Gundersen, Vegard
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2020
• Subjects: hiking trails; nature-based tourism; adaptive management; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400; Norway; Oppland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2680507

Habitat loss caused by human disturbance is one of the largest threats to the wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway. Increasing infrastructure development and human use of marked trails and tourist cabins in wild reindeer areas are affecting the possibilities for wild reindeer to migr...