Effects of Recreational Cabins, Trails and Their Removal for Restoration of Reindeer Winter Ranges

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 873-881

  Nellemann, Christian ^a   Vistnes, Ingunn ^b   Jordhøy, Per ^c   Støen, Ole Gunnar ^d   Kaltenborn, Bjørn Petter ^a   Hanssen, Frank ^c   Helgesen, Rannveig ^e  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Norway)

^b Norut NIBR Finnmark   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e Ringebu Fjellstyre ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fragmentation; Leisure; Recreation; Reindeer; Resort; Restoration; Second home; Tourism; Trail

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION ROUTE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

NORWAY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 78049476237     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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