High voltage transmission lines and their effect on reindeer: A research programme in progress

Polar Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-82

  Reimers, Eigil ^a   Flydal, Kjetil ^a   Stenseth, Rune ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Barnard AS Division FoU   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; MIGRATION; UNGULATE;

NORWAY;

CERVIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033855159     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2000.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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