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Changes in mountain birch forests and reindeer management: Comparing different knowledge systems in Sápmi, northern Fennoscandia

open access: yesPolar Record, 2019
Mountain birch forests in the northern areas of Sápmi, the Saami homeland, serve as pastures for semi-domesticated reindeer. Recent reindeer management of the area has, to date, proceeded with little involvement of reindeer herders or their knowledge. To
B. Forbes   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management stress in reindeer

open access: yesRangifer, 1990
The general mechanism and biological effects of stress are dealt with. Investigations performed on semidomesticated reindeer concerning the stress response under different herding and management conditions are presented and discussed. The findings indicate that: Reindeer are susceptible to management stress and that their degree of tameness plays an ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Carnivore exclosures to protect sheep affect the distribution of a wild cervid

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
With the recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe, preventive measures to protect livestock are on the rise. Fences that exclude carnivores from grazing areas have been proven as effective, but they can be costly as well as posing a barrier for wildlife.
Alessandro Forti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The chronology of reindeer hunting on Norway's highest ice patches

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2018
The melting of perennial ice patches globally is uncovering a fragile record of alpine activity, especially hunting and the use of mountain passes. When rescued by systematic fieldwork (glacial archaeology), this evidence opens an unprecedented window on
L. Pilø   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hay as the feed for reindeer

open access: yesRangifer, 1985
<p>The palatibility, digestibility and nitrogen balance of the diets containing different amounts of hay and concentrates were investigated by four adult male reindeer after 3x3 Latin square design. Three reindeer were kept inside in metabolic cages and one outside in a fence.
openaire   +4 more sources

Early Sámi visual artists - Western fine art meets Sámi culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Johan Turi (1854–1936), Nils Nilsson Skum (1872–1951) and John Savio (1902–1938) were among the first Sámi visual artists. The production of their art work occurred between the 1910s and the early 1950s.
Hautala-Hirvioja, Tuija
core   +1 more source

Methodological Toolkit for Assessing the Investment Attractiveness of Renewable Resources in Northern and Arctic Territories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article examines a pressing issue of assessing the investment attractiveness of renewable resources in underdeveloped Northern and Arctic territories that have a huge untapped natural resource potential.
Balashenko, V. V.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Who's the boss? Understanding the spatial relationship between snow leopard and Eurasian lynx in southern Mongolia

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Interspecific competition, a fundamental ecological process characterized by negative interactions between species, plays a vital role in shaping ecological communities. Despite the co‐occurrence of the snow leopard Panthera uncia and the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx across vast landscapes in Asia, their interactions remain poorly understood. In this study,
Choidogjamts Byambasuren   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women perspective in the future of Sami reindeer husbandry (In Norwegian with Summary in English)

open access: yesRangifer, 2005
Women's traditional tasks are invisible in the official image of reindeer husbandry. The reindeer husbandry nowadays is represented as a meat producer, and the official documents are focused on the work with the reindeer herd.
Solveig Joks
doaj   +1 more source

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