scholarly journals A road in the middle of one of the last wild reindeer migration routes in Norway: crossing behaviour and threats to conservation

Rangifer ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Panzacchi ◽  
Bram Van Moorter ◽  
Olav Strand
Keyword(s):  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Step Length ◽  
Travel Speed ◽  
Spring Migration ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Gps Collars ◽  
The Road ◽  
High Traffic Volume ◽  
Wild Reindeer

The development of roads and associated infrastructure has interrupted several traditional migrations of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway. The population in the Setesdal Austhei wild reindeer area still migrates from winter to calving grounds by semi-annually crossing a cabin-lined road through a narrow corridor, in which further anthropogenic development is planned. To understand if and how infrastructure affected reindeer migration patterns we studied the movements of 10 female reindeer equipped with GPS collars between 2002 and 2010. First, we identified the start and end of the migration period, and then we compared trajectory parameters (net displacement, step length and turning angles) recorded during migration with those recorded in proximity of the road. The analysis of the net displacement indicated that during spring migration reindeer moved at a constant pace towards the calving ground covering a net linear distance of 25 km in 40 days. In the middle of migration, reindeer changed travel direction and roamed parallel to the road for ca. 5 days without approaching further, possibly searching for an undisturbed place and time to cross. Reindeer finally crossed the road before daylight with highly directed movements, increasing their travel speed up to the highest values recorded during migration (4 km/3 hrs vs. 0.5 km/3 hrs). After crossing, reindeer moved quickly toward their calving ground covering the remaining 25 km net distance in less than a week. Migration patterns were markedly affected by disturbance during spring, as the road crossings occurred in the period characterized by the high traffic volume and intense human activities related to Easter holidays; during autumn, on the contrary, the hampering effect of the road was minimal. The results suggest that the current disturbance associated to the road hampers spring migration and might delay the arrival to the calving ground. The planned construction of a large number of recreational cabins in the migration corridor has the potential to threaten the migration and obstruct the access to the calving ground.

scholarly journals The familiar area hypothesis and movement patterns of wild forest reindeer in Karelia, Northern Europe

Rangifer ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Pulliainen ◽  
P. I. Danilov ◽  
K. Heikura ◽  
E. Erkinaro ◽  
S. Sulkava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Spring Migration ◽  
Exploratory Behaviour ◽  
Autumn Migration ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Restricted Area

The relevance of the familiar area hypothesis to the behaviour of the wild forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus Lönnb.) was studied in a Fenno-Soviet project by radio and field tracking of these ungulates in Karelia, Northern Europe, in 1978 - 1985. This subpopulation (500 - 600 exx.) has a tradition of overwintering in a restricted area around Lake Lentua (ca. 1000 km2). The spring migration period is shorter in length than the autumn migration. The migration routes are generally the same in autumn and spring, although exceptions occur, indicating exploratory behaviour. The large winter herds disband into small groups or lone individuals for the summertime, when this subpopulation is spread over a much wider area (ca. 5400 km2). It is concluded that the observations made support the familiar area hypothesis in all essential points.

scholarly journals Satellite tracking reveals a new migration route of black-necked cranes (Grus nigricollis) in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9715
Author(s):  
Ye Wang ◽  
Chunrong Mi ◽  
Yumin Guo
Keyword(s):  
Spring Migration ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Autumn Migration ◽  
Migration Route ◽  
Vulnerable Species ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Stopover Sites ◽  
Grus Nigricollis ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Background The black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is a vulnerable species and the only species that lives in the plateau. Five migration routes of different populations have been identified, but for cranes wintering in Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet, the migration route and breeding/summering area are still unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the spatio-temporal migration patterns of black-necked cranes in this area and to identify important areas for conservation. Methods In 2016, we fitted seven black-necked cranes in Nyingchi with GPS-GSM satellite transmitters to record their migration routes. We used ArcGIS 10.2 to visualize important stopover sites and the ‘ggplot’ function in R to analyze the migration patterns. Results From March 2016 to May 2019, we recorded nine spring migration and four autumn migration tracks from five individuals. Four individuals spent the breeding/summering season in Qinghai Lake, while the other spent the breeding/summering season in the Jinzihai Wetland of Dulan County, Qinghai Province. Detailed spatio-temporal information showed that the spring migration lasted 8.7 ± 4.6 days and covered 1,182.5 ± 90.4 km, while the autumn migration lasted 30 ± 10.6 days and covered 1,455.7 ± 138 km. Basom Lake and the Shazhuyu River were the most important stopover sites during the spring and autumn migrations, respectively. The cranes spent 4.4 ± 3.7 days in Basom Lake and 26.3 ± 10.7 days in the Shazhuyu River. The black-necked cranes mainly migrated during the daytime (>85 % of the fly points), and 81 % (17/21) of all stopover and roosting sites were in the valley or at lakeside swamps. Only 17.7% (516 / 2,914) of the data points for stopover and roosting sites were in protected areas. Main conclusions Our study revealed the breeding/summering areas and migration routes of the black-necked cranes wintering in Nyingchi. These results contribute to a better understanding of the annual spatio-temporal migration patterns and the development of conservation plans for this vulnerable species.

scholarly journals Geolocators reveal migration routes, stopover sites, and nonbreeding dispersion in a population of Cerulean Warblers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Clayton D Delancey ◽  
Kamal Islam ◽  
Gunnar R Kramer ◽  
Garrett J MacDonald ◽  
Alexander R Sharp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Spring Migration ◽  
Autumn Migration ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Neotropical Migrant ◽  
Wood Warblers ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Declining Species ◽  
Cerulean Warblers

AbstractCerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea) are among the fastest declining Nearctic-Neotropical migrant wood-warblers (Parulidae) in North America. Despite ongoing conservation efforts, little is known about their non-breeding distribution. In June 2016-2018, we deployed geolocators (n = 30) on adult male Cerulean Warblers in Indiana, USA, to track annual movements of individuals. Recovered geolocators (n = 4) showed that Cerulean Warblers occurred broadly throughout northern South America. Autumn migration lasted 44-71 days (n = 4), whereas spring migration lasted 37-41 days (n = 3). The average migration distance was 5268 km. During autumn migration, Cerulean Warblers made 1-4 stopovers (i.e., ≥2 days; n = 4) and 1-2 stopovers during spring migration (n = 3). When crossing the Gulf of Mexico during autumn migration, two birds stopped over after crossing, but not beforehand. Two others navigated through the Caribbean rather than crossing the Gulf of Mexico. During spring migration, one individual stopped after crossing, one individual stopped before crossing, and one individual stopped before and after crossing the Gulf of Mexico. No birds migrated through the Caribbean Islands during spring migration. These results represent novel information describing annual movements of individual Cerulean Warblers and will inform conservation efforts for this declining species.

BREEDING DESTINATIONS AND SPRING MIGRATION PATTERNS OF SWAINSON'S THRUSH (CATHARUS USTULATUS) AT A COSTA RICAN STOPOVER SITE

The Auk ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT WILSON ◽  
KEITH A. HOBSON ◽  
DOUGLAS M. COLLISTER ◽  
AMY G. WILSON
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rican ◽  
Spring Migration ◽  
Catharus Ustulatus ◽  
Stopover Site ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Swainson’S Thrush

scholarly journals Accuracy and performance of low-feature GPS collars deployed on bison Bison bison and caribou Rangifer tarandus

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Jung ◽  
Troy M. Hegel ◽  
Torsten W. Bentzen ◽  
Katherina Egli ◽  
Lars Jessup ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Bison Bison ◽  
Gps Collars ◽  
And Performance

Automated monitoring of a large-scale cod (Gadus morhua) migration in the open sea

2002 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1845-1850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc A Comeau ◽  
Steven E Campana ◽  
Martin Castonguay
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Seasonal Migration ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Migration Timing ◽  
Open Sea ◽  
And Migration

The migration patterns of marine fishes are poorly known, in part owing to the technical limitations associated with tracking the movements of animals in deep water. Here we document a large-scale, directed, migration of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) off eastern Canada. Our approach was based on the acoustic tagging of 126 fish and the deployment of 69 subsurface receivers, stretching over a 160-km distance along the edge of the Laurentian Channel. After 1 year of automated recording, we found that 65% of the fish migrated out of coastal waters in two distinct runs during the summer–autumn period. The offshore-migrating fish overwintered in deep Laurentian Channel waters, returning inshore in April. Individual migration routes and migration timing were variable, indicating that the cod did not aggregate in large schools during the seasonal migration events.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KEMACETAN DI SIMPANG SABILILLAH TERHADAP IMPLEMENTASI CITRA LALU LINTAS DI SIMPANG PROGRESIF

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Supiyono, Dwi Ratnaningsih, Rudy Ariyanto
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Flame Length ◽  
Traffic Volume ◽  
Signalized Intersections ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Section ◽  
On The Road ◽  
High Traffic Volume

Progress of a country in line with the progress of traffic (transport). Fluency in traffic is determined by the smoothness of traffic on the road. Problems often arise on the highway is congestion at the intersection. Neither was signalized intersections and signalized intersections. Problems at the intersection is less accuracy green flame at the intersection with the number of vehicles in a segment. A road with high traffic volume vehicle green flame low while other road traffic volume small green flame length. So in a long queue roads, while other roads are deserted while still green flame.     This study aims to minimize the occurrence of conflic at the intersection of green flame. Research will make iterations in the intersection, where a road section which will be nominated densely green flame, the flame of the green according to the volume of traffic on these roads. Each road will be a green flame in accordance with the volume of traffic, without having to change any program there is a change in traffic volume.The degree of saturation of the calculation obtained by ....Keywords: roads, hight traffic, progressive intersection, degree saturation

scholarly journals Wild reindeer of Yakutia

Rangifer ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 387
Author(s):  
V.M. Safronov
Keyword(s):  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
New Siberian Islands ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Tarandus ◽  
Wild Meat ◽  
Wild Reindeer

Three major herds of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.), totaling over 200,000 animals, occur in the tundra and taiga of northern Yakutia. These herds have been expanding since the late 1950s and now occupy most of their historic range. In addition, several thousand wild reindeer occupy the New Siberian Islands and adjacent coastal mainland tundra, and there are about 60,000 largely sedentary forest reindeer in mountainous areas of the southern two-thirds of the province. Wild reindeer are commercially hunted throughout the mainland, and the production of wild meat is an important part of the economy of the province and of individual reindeer enterprises which produce both wild and domestic meat.

scholarly journals Cumulative Impacts of Tourist Resorts on Wild Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) during Winter

ARCTIC ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Nellemann ◽  
Per Jordhøy ◽  
Ole-Gunnar Støen ◽  
Olav Strand
Keyword(s):  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Cumulative Impacts ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Tarandus ◽  
Wild Reindeer

Taxi Global Positioning System Data in Urban Road Network: A Methodology to Identify Key Road Clusters Based on Travel Speed–Traffic Volume Correlation

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110366
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Weifeng Li ◽  
Qing Yu ◽  
Han Yang
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Travel Speed ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Traffic Volume ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Segments

Urban traffic congestion is one of the urban diseases that needs to be solved urgently. Research has already found that a few road segments can significantly influence the overall operation of the road network. Traditional congestion mitigation strategies mainly focus on the topological structure and the transport performance of each single key road segment. However, the propagation characteristics of congestion indicate that the interaction between road segments and the correlation between travel speed and traffic volume should also be considered. The definition is proposed for “key road cluster” as a group of road segments with strong correlation and spatial compactness. A methodology is proposed to identify key road clusters in the network and understand the operating characteristics of key road clusters. Considering the correlation between travel speed and traffic volume, a unidirectional-weighted correlation network is constructed. The community detection algorithm is applied to partition road segments into key road clusters. Three indexes are used to evaluate and describe the characteristic of these road clusters, including sensitivity, importance, and IS. A case study is carried out using taxi GPS data of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to 17, 2019. A total of 44 key road clusters are identified in the road network. According to their spatial distribution patterns, these key road clusters can be classified into three types—along with network skeletons, around transportation hubs, and near bridges. The methodology unveils the mechanism of congestion formation and propagation, which can offer significant support for traffic management.

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