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

A Skarin, B Åhman - Polar biology, 2014 - Springer
In recent decades, human–Rangifer (reindeer and caribou) interactions have increasingly
been studied from a scientific perspective. Many of the studies have examined Norwegian …

Reindeer use of low Arctic tundra correlates with landscape structure

A Skarin, M Verdonen, T Kumpula… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid climate change in Arctic regions is linked to the expansion of woody taxa
(shrubification), and an increase in biomass as tundra becomes greener. Reindeer and …

Range selection by semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in relation to infrastructure and human activity in the boreal forest environment, northern …

M Anttonen, J Kumpula, A Colpaert - Arctic, 2011 - JSTOR
During past decades, the amounts of infrastructure and human activity have increased in
northern latitudes. Although the effects of human development on wild reindeer and caribou …

Fire and forage quality: Postfire regrowth quality and pyric herbivory in subtropical grasslands of Nepal

SK Thapa, JF de Jong, AR Hof, N Subedi… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is rampant throughout subtropical South and Southeast Asian grasslands. However,
very little is known about the role of fire and pyric herbivory on the functioning of highly …

The Ecological Role and Geography of Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Northern Eurasia

BC Forbes, T Kumpula - Geography Compass, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The reindeer is a ruminant of the family Cervidae with a circumpolar distribution that has
been a key component of Eurasian high latitude ecosystems for at least 2 million years …

Reindeer movement patterns in alpine summer ranges

A Skarin, Ö Danell, R Bergström, J Moen - Polar Biology, 2010 - Springer
To evaluate the movement rates of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus
tarandus) during the bare-ground season, we used successive GPS positions from 48 …

PELLET: An Excel®-based procedure for estimating deer population density using the pellet-group counting method

S Mandujano - Tropical Conservation Science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Pellet-group counting (PGC) is a commonly used method for estimating the population
density of various ungulate species. The method assumes a positive linear relationship …

Mining activity disturbs habitat use of reindeer in Finnmark, Northern Norway

S Eftestøl, K Flydal, D Tsegaye, JE Colman - Polar Biology, 2019 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities affect habitat use by Rangifer tarandus, a particularly vulnerable
species due to grouping behavior, extensive movements, and grazing ecology. We studied …

Reindeer habitat use in relation to two small wind farms, during preconstruction, construction, and operation

A Skarin, M Alam - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide there is a rush toward wind power development and its associated infrastructure.
In Fennoscandia, large‐scale wind farms comprising several hundred windmills are …

Spatial and temporal habitat use and selection by red deer: The use of direct and indirect methods

J Alves, AA da Silva, AMVM Soares, C Fonseca - Mammalian Biology, 2014 - Springer
Given the importance of red deer Cervus elaphus for hunting and conservation purposes,
understanding the interactions between this species and its habitats in the Mediterranean …