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People and Nature, 2021 Environmental changes and their consequences on biodiversity are known to have far-reaching effects on the resilience of animal populations and associated livelihoods around the world.
C. Fohringer +3 more
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The Shrinking Resource Base of Pastoralism: Saami Reindeer Husbandry in a Climate of Change
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 The productive performance of large ungulates in extensive pastoral grazing systems is modulated simultaneously by the effects of climate change and human intervention independent of climate change. The latter includes the expansion of private, civil and
N. Tyler +3 more
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Climate change adaptation stories: co-creating climate services with reindeer herders in Finland [PDF]
Science of The Total Environment, 2023, p. 168520, 2023 Reindeer husbandry in the Arctic region is strongly affected by the local climate. Reindeer herders are used to coping with adverse weather, climate, and grazing conditions through autonomous adaptation. However, todays rapidly changing Arctic environment poses new challenges to the management of herding activities.
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Historical Biology, 2021 For centuries, reindeer herding has been an integral part of the subsistence and culture among the Sámi of northern Fennoscandia. Despite the importance of this husbandry in their history, the timing and details of early reindeer domestication are still ...
Maxime Pelletier +3 more
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2021 Background Semi-domesticated reindeer represent an important livestock industry and livelihood for a proportion of the human population in northern Fennoscandia.
Lene Idland +5 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2021 Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) have shaped the cultures and provided livelihood to peoples of the Northern Hemisphere for thousands of years. They are still the socio‐economic cornerstone of many northern cultures.
M. van den Berg +2 more
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021 Habitual loading patterns of domesticated animals may differ due to human influence from their wild counterparts. In the early stages of human-reindeer interaction, cargo and draft use was likely important, as well as corralling tame reindeer.
Sirpa Niinimäki +4 more
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Ađđamiin or jolážiin – Sámi reindeer herders assessment of reindeer meat quality
Sámi dieđalaš áigečála, 2021 This study is based on knowledge systems and concepts about reindeer as food conducted from discussions with North Sámi elder reindeer herders in Guovdageaidnu, supplemented by written sources.
Ravdna Biret Marja E. Sara +1 more
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REINDEER: efficient indexing of k-mer presence and abundance in sequencing datasets
bioRxiv, 2020 Motivation In this work we present REINDEER, a novel computational method that performs indexing of sequences and records their abundances across a collection of datasets.
C. Marchet +4 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView., 2023 Linear infrastructure represent a barrier to movement for many species, reducing the connectivity of the landscapes in which they reside. Of all linear infrastructure, roads and fences are two of the most ubiquitous, and are understood to reduce landscape connectivity for wildlife.
Isla Botting +7 more
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