Progressive impact of piecemeal infrastructure development on wild reindeer

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-317

  Nellemann, C ^a   Vistnes, I ^b   Jordhoy P ^a   Strand, O ^a   Newton, A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Infrastructure; Power lines; Rangifer; Roads

Indexed keywords

DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INFRASTRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 0037870622     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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