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Wild and semi-domesticated reindeer in Russia: status, population dynamics and trends under the present social and economic conditions

open access: yesRangifer, 2000
At present (in 1999) there are approximately 1.5 million semi-domesticated and 1.3 million wild reindeer in Russia. The co-existence of these two forms remains a major problem. Reindeer herding has declined while the number of wild reindeer has increased
Eugene E. Syroechkovski
doaj   +1 more source

Precious blood and nourishing offal: past and present slaughtering perspectives in Sámi reindeer pastoralism

open access: yesPastoralism, 2022
In the Arctic, indigenous reindeer herding peoples rely on a pastoralist food and knowledge system that supplies them with protein, vitamins, and minerals.
Ravdna Biret Marja E. Sara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parasite-host relationships of warble fly (Oedemagena tarandi L.) and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.)

open access: yesRangifer, 1990
The interspecific relations of the warble fly and reindeer have assumed a character of a lenient parasitism. Many researchers note that almost all reindeer are infested by warble fly and reindeer and they also note that almost all domestic reindeer are ...
A. I. Solomakha
doaj   +1 more source

Infection with brainworm (Elaphostrongylus rangiferi) in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus ssp.) in Fennoscandia

open access: yesActa Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2020
Sami reindeer herders have considerable traditional knowledge about a neurological reindeer disease resembling elaphostrongylosis, but the causative agent was not identified prior to the description of the brainworm Elaphostrongylus rangiferi in Russia ...
R. Davidson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) response to feces and urine from sheep (Ovis aries) and reindeer

open access: yesRangifer, 1999
In many Norwegian alpine and tundra areas sheep and reindeer graze sympatrically. Areas covered with dung or urine may have consequences for reindeer pasture utilization.
Stein R. Moe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

More frequent extreme climate events stabilize reindeer population dynamics

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Extreme climate events often cause population crashes but are difficult to account for in population-dynamic studies. Especially in long-lived animals, density dependence and demography may induce lagged impacts of perturbations on population growth.
B. Hansen   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spreading or Gathering? Can Traditional Knowledge Be a Resource to Tackle Reindeer Diseases Associated with Climate Change?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
This paper inquires whether reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge (TK) provides a reservoir of precaution and adaptation possibilities that may be relevant to counteract climate change.
Jan Åge Riseth   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Productivity beyond density: A critique of management models for reindeer pastoralism in Norway

open access: yesPastoralism, 2020
The official governance of the reindeer pastoralist system in the north of Norway relies overwhelmingly on one central argument: that in order to maintain a sustainable system, maximum numbers and densities of reindeer, as well as certain herd structures,
Andrei Marin   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lactation in yearling Alaskan reindeer: Implications for growth, reproduction, and survival

open access: yesRangifer, 1999
Unlike most Rangifer herds, free-ranging female reindeer {Rangifer tarandus) on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska frequently give birth as yearlings (12 months).
Alexander K. Prichard   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting velvet antler weights in free-ranging reindeer in Alaska

open access: yesRangifer, 1999
Free-ranging reindeer on the Seward Peninsula in western Alaska are rounded up from late May to early July and antlers are removed. We used data collected from 1987 to 1997 to determine how velvet antler weights of males and females varied with age, year,
Alexander K. Prichard   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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