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Factors affecting velvet antler weights in free-ranging reindeer in Alaska
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
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Miscellanea related to reindeer and reindeer husbandry
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AbstractThe chapter focuses on intensive reindeer husbandry or reindeer pastoralism, which was a tenure system that emerged in the early modern period. Reindeer pastoralism and grazing are deeply interconnected and we therefore illuminate the ecological settings for reindeer grazing.
Jesper Larsson +1 more
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Large predators and their impact on reindeer husbandry [Elektronisk resurs]
Several large predators (wolf, lynx, wolverine, brown bear and eagle) are present within the Fennoscandian reindeer herding area, where reindeer are often their main prey.
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. +1 more
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Economical importance of Finnish reindeer industry
Within 15 years favourable weather conditions, antiparasite medication, supplementary feed, modern technology, calf slaughter and other factors all contributed to a vast increase in reindeer, and hence reindeer meat production, so much so that by the ...
Mauri Nieminen, Jorma Kemppainen
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This paper attempts to analyse diverse forms of reindeer pastoralism that exist in the European part of Russia from the viewpoint of landscape approach, that is as unique localized and historically developed interaction between people, reindeer and the ...
Kirill V. Istomin
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Selection, maternal effects and inbreeding in reindeer husbandry [PDF]
In extensive grazing systems where several owners’ flocks are allowed to mix, selection strategies will also interact, due to gene flow between flocks. The aim of the thesis was to analyse breeding schemes in terms of genetic gain and rate of inbreeding (
Rönnegård, Lars
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Reindeer husbandry is a form of pastoralism where vast areas are used as forage ranges throughout the year. The productivity of the reindeer industry in Sweden is affected by a multitude of factors on different geographical and temporal scales.
Henrik Lundqvist +2 more
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Reindeer behavioural ecology and use of pastures in pastoral livelihoods [Elektronisk resurs]
Reindeer pastoralists have, for centuries, followed free-roaming animals throughout the Eurasian Arctic. The closing of national borders about a century ago forced the reindeer pastoralists to adapt to new conditions.
Skarin, Anna, +2 more
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ABSTRACT Posttransplant cyclophosphamide (PTCy) to prevent graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD) improves outcomes in recipients of HLA mismatched unrelated donor (MMUD) allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo HCT). Outcomes of MMUD HCT using PTCy in patients requiring reduced intensity or non‐myeloablative conditioning (RIC/NMA) are not well ...
Brian C. Shaffer +38 more
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