Effects of infrastructure on migration and range use of wild reindeer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Vistnes, Ingunn ^a   Nellemann, Christian ^b,c   Jordhøy, Per ^b   Strand, Olav ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Longum Park   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barrier; Disturbance; Fragmentation; Grazing; Hydropower; Migration; Norway; Power line; Rangifer; Reindeer; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POWER LINE; ROAD; UNGULATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642476742     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0101:EOIOMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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