Open AccessEmbracing fragmentation to save reindeer from disease
Author(s) -
Mysterud Atle,
Strand Olav,
Rolandsen Christer M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
conservation science and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2578-4854
DOI - 10.1111/csp2.244
Subject(s) - fragmentation (computing) , habitat fragmentation , chronic wasting disease , outbreak , habitat destruction , geography , habitat , wasting , ecology , disease , biology , medicine , virology , prion protein , scrapie , endocrinology , pathology
Space demanding mammalian species, such as reindeer, are in decline worldwide due to habitat loss and fragmentation. Policy to restore connectivity of reindeer habitat is now put to an abrupt halt in several areas because of an outbreak of Chronic Wasting Disease in Norway, and replaced with deliberate fragmentation of the landscape by enhancing barrier effects of linear structures.