Summer distribution of wild reindeer in relation to human activity and insect stress

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1307-1317

  Vistnes, Ingunn Ims ^a   Nellemann, Christian ^b   Jordhøy, Per ^b   Støen, Ole Gunnar ^c  

^a Norut Alta Áltá ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Infrastructure; Insect; Rangifer; Reindeer; Road; Summer; Tourism; Trail; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DEER; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WILD POPULATION;

HEXAPODA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 53249097785     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0468-2     Document Type: Article

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