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Calf mortality of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in the Finnish reindeer-herding area [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
During 1999-2008 calf mortality was studied in six reindeer-herding cooperatives in Northern Finland, where 3942 semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) calves were equipped with radio mortality collars.
Maijala, Veikko   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Insect avoidance may override human disturbances in reindeer habitat selection

open access: yesRangifer, 2004
Habitat selection of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) was investigated through faecal pellet- group counts and by direct observations of reindeer from helicopter in the Långfjället area in Idre reindeer herding district (62˚10’N ...
Anna Skarin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Early Upper Palaeolithic open‐air site of Friedrichsdorf‐Seulberg, Germany, in the context of the northern central European Aurignacian

open access: yesBoreas, EarlyView.
Our knowledge of the Early Upper Palaeolithic occupation in northern central Europe is very limited, and recent research at the open‐air site of Friedrichsdorf‐Seulberg in Hesse, Germany, provides important new information on the Aurignacian. The site is rather small (26.5 m2) and spatial analysis identified a central hearth with two associated ...
Tilman Böckenförde   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of parapox-, alphaherpes- and pestivirus infections in carcasses of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) from Finnmark, Norway [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
During March to May 2000, 48 carcasses of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) were collected on winter pastures and calving grounds from two herds in western Finnmark and two herds in eastern Finnmark, northern Norway.
Tryland, Morten   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Rangifer population ecology: a Scandinavian perspective

open access: yesRangifer, 1997
Population ecology is concerned with measuring changes in population size and composition, and identifying the causes of these fluctuations. Important driving variables include animal body size and growth rate, and their relationship to reproduction and ...
Eigil Reimers
doaj   +1 more source

Institutional lessons from the Nordic management model

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract To improve wildlife management outcomes, in terms of reaching management goals and increasing legitimacy, Nordic countries have developed institutional systems involving stakeholders that aim for a more inclusive and participatory model.
Jens Nilsson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards adaptive management of reindeer grazing resources [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis aims to create a scientifically founded proposal for improvement of optimal and sustainable use of reindeer pasture resources by an adaptive management approach.
Olofsson, Anna
core   +1 more source

Wild reindeer of the Kamchatka Peninsula - past, present, and future

open access: yesRangifer, 1996
A unique subspecies of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus phylarchus Hollister) that is endemic to the Kamchatka Peninsula has been declining in number since the 1950s due to commercial hunting, increasing industrial development and competition with ...
Vladimir Mosolov
doaj   +1 more source

Five‐year assessment of wolf translocation to Isle Royale National Park, 2018–2023

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
The National Park Service used a variety of methods to monitor the success of a restored wolf population on Isle Royale National Park. Abstract Gray wolf (Canis lupus) translocation is a common approach for restoring ecological function through top‐down regulation.
Adia R. Sovie   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild reindeer of Yakutia

open access: yesRangifer, 1996
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.
V.M. Safronov
doaj   +1 more source

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