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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Captive reindeer in German zoos and wildlife parks live outside their natural geographic range and are exposed to a variety of viral, bacterial and protozoan pathogens, some host-specific and some which they are not exposed to in their native habitat ...
Javier Sánchez Romano +8 more
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Rangifer, 2005 Reindeer are herded in the northernmost Finland over an area of 114 000 km2, about 35% of the area of the country. Herding is carried out both by Sami and Finns. The paper gives some statistics on the reindeer industry and underlines the importance of reindeer husbandry in Finland.
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Pastoralist Economic Behavior: Empirical Results from Reindeer Herders in Northern Sweden [PDF]
This paper presents a model of pastoralists, as illustrated by reindeer herders, together with an analysis based on a cross-sectional data set on Swedish reindeer-herding Saami.
Bostedt, Goran
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Recent enrichment of megafauna in the north of Eurasia supports the concept of Pleistocene rewilding
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.‘Pleistocene rewilding' refers to the concept of restoring ecosystems to their state during the Pleistocene epoch, by (re‐)introducing species or their close relatives that were present during that time, in an effort to revive ecological processes that existed before human‐driven extinctions.
Igor Popov
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Observations on the Alaska reindeer situation, 1968. [PDF]
, 1968 Introduction -- Production -- Slaughtering, Processing and Marketing -- Attitudes and Interest Groups -- Observations for Future ...
Hickok, David M.
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Winter browsing by moose (Alces alces) in a forested mountainous landscape of west–central Sweden
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Browsing ecology involving ungulates and their food resource is complex as consumption may reflect responses to various factors, such as quantity and quality of browse species. This study investigated winter browsing by moose Alces alces in a mountainous landscape of west–central Sweden, characterized by Norway spruce Picea abies production forests ...
Ella Hambeson +2 more
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Reindeer ranges inventory in western Alaska [PDF]
The use of LANDSAT data as a tool for reindeer range inventory on the tundra of northwestern Alaska is addressed. The specific goal is to map the range resource and estimate plant productivity of the Seward Peninsula.
George, T. H.
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Natural resource potential of northern regions: methodological characteristics of comprehensive assessment [PDF]
, 2015 The economic assessment of renewable natural resources remains a relevant and as yet unresolved problem. Today, the economic assessment of natural resources is viewed as one of the priority tasks in the state strategy for environmental management.
Balashenko, V. V. +2 more
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Seasonal fine‐scale resource selection of elk in the central Appalachian Mountains
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Resource selection by animals varies depending on spatial and temporal context, thus it is important to account for these factors when conducting studies that examine this behavior relative to the availability and distribution of resources. Many resource selection studies combine fine‐scale animal location data obtained using global positioning system (
Mallory B. Verch +4 more
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Predation in the reindeer husbandry area in Finland during 1976-86
Rangifer, 1988 During the years 1976-86 predators killed a total of 11 295 reindeer in the Finnish reindeer husbandry area. Predators killed mostly calves and hinds.
Mauri Nieminen, Juhani Leppäluoto
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