Animal welfare implications of digital tools for monitoring and management of cattle and sheep on pasture

A Herlin, E Brunberg, J Hultgren, N Högberg… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Monitoring the welfare of cattle and sheep in large pastures can be time-
consuming, especially if the animals are scattered over large areas in semi-natural pastures …

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 …

Mapping cumulative pressures on the grazing lands of northern Fennoscandia

M Stoessel, J Moen, R Lindborg - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Traditional grazing areas in Europe have declined substantially over the last century.
Specifically, in northern Fennoscandia, the grazing land is disturbed by cumulative land-use …

Out of sight of wind turbines—Reindeer response to wind farms in operation

A Skarin, P Sandström, M Alam - Ecology and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To meet the expanding land use required for wind energy development, a better
understanding of the effects on terrestrial animals' responses to such development is …

Climate change, land use conflicts, predation and ecological degradation as challenges for reindeer husbandry in northern Europe: what do we really know after half a …

R Pape, J Löffler - Ambio, 2012 - Springer
Reindeer grazing has been entitled as ecological keystone in arctic–alpine landscapes. In
addition, reindeer husbandry is tightly connected to the identity of the indigenous Sámi …

Calving rate, calf survival rate, and habitat selection of forest‐dwelling caribou in a highly managed landscape

V Pinard, C Dussault, JP Ouellet… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Logging negatively affects the threatened forest‐dwelling caribou (Rangifer tarandus
caribou) through its positive effects on large predator populations. As recruitment is a key …

Tourism, biodiversity and protected areas–review from northern Fennoscandia

A Tolvanen, K Kangas - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
Tourist numbers in northern Fennoscandia outweigh those in other northern boreal-arctic
regions, which creates a specific need to evaluate the impacts of tourism. This review 1) …

Tactical departures and strategic arrivals: Divergent effects of climate and weather on caribou spring migrations

E Gurarie, M Hebblewhite, K Joly, AP Kelly… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic has been warming rapidly, affecting ecological processes across the region.
Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is a keystone Arctic species undergoing declines …

Modelling group dynamic animal movement

R Langrock, JGC Hopcraft, PG Blackwell… - Methods in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Group dynamics are a fundamental aspect of many species' movements. The need to
adequately model individuals' interactions with other group members has been recognized …

Avoidance of roads and selection for recent cutovers by threatened caribou: fitness-rewarding or maladaptive behaviour?

C Dussault, V Pinard, JP Ouellet… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The impact of anthropogenic disturbance on the fitness of prey should depend on the
relative effect of human activities on different trophic levels. This verification remains rare …