Svalbard reindeer population size and trends in four sub-areas of Edgeøya

Polar Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Reimers, Eigil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Edge ya; Population regulation; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; Recruitment rates; Svalbard reindeer; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

DEER; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ARCTIC; EDGEOYA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84863746757     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089     Document Type: Article

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