Effects of hunting on response behaviors of wild reindeer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 844-851

  Reimers, Eigil ^a,b   Loe, Leif E ^b   Eftestøl, Sindre ^b   Colman, Jonathan E ^a,b   Dahle, Bjørn ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Hunting; Norway; Rangifer tarandus; Response behaviors; Tourism; Wild reindeer

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUNTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM;

NORWAY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77949292134     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-133     Document Type: Article

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