Effects of weather on summer and winter activity level of the high arctic ungulate Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)

• Main Author: Kolloen, Marte Rødsvik
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2015
• Subjects: Ecology; Ungulate; Weather; Activity; Svalbard reindeer; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; Arctic; Svalbard; Nordenskiöld Land; Arktis*; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer; Svalbardrein
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/294198

Animals are evolutionary adapted to certain weather conditions, but as the climate of the earth is changing many species may face new and significant challenges in their environment. The high-Arctic species Svalbard reindeer are living in extreme and unpredictable surroundings with large seasonal ch...