Behavior responses of wild reindeer to direct provocation by a snowmobile or skier

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 747-754

  Reimers, Eigil ^a,b   Eftestøl, Sindre ^b   Colman, Jonathan E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Harassment; Norway; Rangifer tarandus; Snowmobile; Tourism; Winter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WINTER;

NORWAY; SETESDAL-RYFYLKE;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 0242370138     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802681     Document Type: Article

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