Do human activity and infrastructure disturb domesticated reindeer? The need for the reindeer's perspective

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1041-1054

  Skarin, Anna ^a   Åhman, Birgitta ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Domestication; Rangifer; Regional scale; Zone of avoidance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING SEASON; DEER; DISTURBANCE; DOMESTICATION; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; PASTORALISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84903192111     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1499-5     Document Type: Review

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