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dc.contributor.advisorMoe, Stein Ragnar
dc.contributor.advisorHegland, Stein Joar
dc.contributor.authorScholten, Janneke
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T13:32:02Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T13:32:02Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-31
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2403205
dc.description.abstractHuman outdoor activities, like mountain biking, often affect animal behaviour. Ungulates might avoid roads and trails, and increase their avoidance with increasing human activity. Recently, biking on forest trails has increased considerably in Norway, but we still have limited knowledge about how forest biking may affect wildlife. In this study, I used pellet group counts and camera traps to study the effect of biking trails on red deer occurrence in Kaupanger, Norway. Based on pellet group counts, red deer avoided biking trails up to 40 m. The camera trap data showed that there was a tendency of a decreased deer occurrence with increasing human activity (trail width) during the day. Furthermore, males reacted stronger to increasing human activity than females. My findings imply that mountain biking has an effect on red deer. A further increase in biking may result in a higher avoidance and, thus, less suitable habitat for red deer in the forest area.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
dc.subjectred deernb_NO
dc.subjectmountain bikingnb_NO
dc.subjecttrailnb_NO
dc.subjectavoidancenb_NO
dc.subjectpellet group countingnb_NO
dc.subjectcamera trapnb_NO
dc.subjectGLMMnb_NO
dc.titleEffect of mountain biking on red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Kaupanger, Norwaynb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber28nb_NO
dc.description.localcodeM-ECOLnb_NO


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