%0 Journal Article %T Svalbard reindeer population size and trends in four sub-areas of Edge ya %A Eigil Reimers %J Polar Research %D 2012 %I Co-Action Publishing %R 10.3402/polar.v31i0.11089 %X In summer 2006 Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in south-western Edge ya (Plurdalen, Grunnlinjesletta, Siegelfjellet and Burmeisterfjellet) showed a low population (181 animals) and recruitment rate, in terms of both calves (9.4%) and yearlings (1.2%). The low recruitment rates were not accompanied by high winter mortality: of only five carcasses found, none were calves born in 2005. A comparison with survey data from 1969 in a restricted part of the study area (Plurdalen and Grunnlinjesletta) shows a consistently low recruitment rate since 1975, indicating a stable or slowly decreasing population. %K Edge ya %K population regulation %K recruitment rates %K Svalbard reindeer %K winter mortality %K Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus %U http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/11089/pdf_1