Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya
Due to observed interactions between Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandusplatyrliynchus) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during field work on Edge0ya, Svalbard, we measured response distances for reindeer from a stalking polar bear and improvised five approaches from a person disguised as a polar...
Published in: | Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
2012
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://zenodo.org/record/1034507 https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 |
id |
ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:1034507 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:1034507 2023-05-15T15:03:08+02:00 Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya Reimers, Eigil Eftestøl, Sindre 2012-11-01 https://zenodo.org/record/1034507 https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 unknown https://zenodo.org/record/1034507 https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 oai:zenodo.org:1034507 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/article publication-article 2012 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 2023-03-11T04:07:19Z Due to observed interactions between Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandusplatyrliynchus) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during field work on Edge0ya, Svalbard, we measured response distances for reindeer from a stalking polar bear and improvised five approaches from a person disguised as a polar bear for comparison with human encounters. The alert, flight initiation and escape distances were 1.6, 2.5 and 2.3 times longer, respectively, when Svalbard reindeer were encountered by a person disguised as a polar bear compared to a person in dark hiking gear. Population increase of polar bears on Svalbard and decrease in sea-ice cover in the Arctic region during summer probably results in more frequent interactions with reindeer on the archipelago. Similar reindeer response behavior from encounters with a polar bear and persons disguised as polar bears indicate a predator-prey relationship between the two species on Edge0ya Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Edgeøya Sea ice Svalbard svalbard reindeer Ursus maritimus Zenodo Arctic Edgeøya ENVELOPE(22.500,22.500,77.750,77.750) Svalbard Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44 4 483 489 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Zenodo |
op_collection_id |
ftzenodo |
language |
unknown |
description |
Due to observed interactions between Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandusplatyrliynchus) and polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during field work on Edge0ya, Svalbard, we measured response distances for reindeer from a stalking polar bear and improvised five approaches from a person disguised as a polar bear for comparison with human encounters. The alert, flight initiation and escape distances were 1.6, 2.5 and 2.3 times longer, respectively, when Svalbard reindeer were encountered by a person disguised as a polar bear compared to a person in dark hiking gear. Population increase of polar bears on Svalbard and decrease in sea-ice cover in the Arctic region during summer probably results in more frequent interactions with reindeer on the archipelago. Similar reindeer response behavior from encounters with a polar bear and persons disguised as polar bears indicate a predator-prey relationship between the two species on Edge0ya |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Reimers, Eigil Eftestøl, Sindre |
spellingShingle |
Reimers, Eigil Eftestøl, Sindre Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya |
author_facet |
Reimers, Eigil Eftestøl, Sindre |
author_sort |
Reimers, Eigil |
title |
Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya |
title_short |
Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya |
title_full |
Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya |
title_fullStr |
Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya |
title_full_unstemmed |
Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer TOwards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya |
title_sort |
response behaviors of svalbard reindeer towards humans and humans disguised as polar bears on edgeøya |
publishDate |
2012 |
url |
https://zenodo.org/record/1034507 https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(22.500,22.500,77.750,77.750) |
geographic |
Arctic Edgeøya Svalbard |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Edgeøya Svalbard |
genre |
Arctic Edgeøya Sea ice Svalbard svalbard reindeer Ursus maritimus |
genre_facet |
Arctic Edgeøya Sea ice Svalbard svalbard reindeer Ursus maritimus |
op_relation |
https://zenodo.org/record/1034507 https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 oai:zenodo.org:1034507 |
op_rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.483 |
container_title |
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research |
container_volume |
44 |
container_issue |
4 |
container_start_page |
483 |
op_container_end_page |
489 |
_version_ |
1766335026240159744 |