Wild Mountain reindeer Rangifer tarandus tarandus winter foraging: snow-free areas a key resource for feeding [PDF]
, 2023 In a landscape with patchily distributed forage resources, an animal’s distribution may reflect the distribution of the resources if the population is forage-limited in time or space.
Heggenes, Jan +6 more
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Transferrin variation and evolution of Alaskan reindeer and caribou, Rangifer tarandus L.
Rangifer, 1986 Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to analyse transferrin variation in wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) and domestic reindeer (R.t. tarandus) from Alaska. Eighteen alleles were detected in caribou and ten alleles were detected in reindeer.
Knut H. Røed, Ken R. Whitten
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Large predators and their impact on reindeer husbandry [Elektronisk resurs]
, 2022 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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What will happen to Sámi reindeer herding in the light of the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on climate change in the North? [PDF]
, 2007 While the Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH) is pleased that the IPCC, established by UNEP and the WMO, are taking the issue of climate change in the North seriously, we are extremely concerned that the very basis of livelihoods in the Arctic is
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Reindeer meat – is it always tender, tasty and healthy?
Rangifer, 2007 Meat with high pH values, so called DFD (Dark, Firm, Dry meat, is a persistent quality defect foundmin all meat species. DFD shortens shelf life, especially for vacuum-packed meat and affects meat colour, tenderness and water-holding properties.
Eva Wiklund +2 more
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Implications of norms and knowledge in customary reindeer herding units for resource governance [PDF]
, 2022 Pastoralist societies have developed customary institutions to respond to an unpredictable environment and fluctuation in grazing resources for their livestock.
Forbes, Bruce C. +6 more
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Selection, maternal effects and inbreeding in reindeer husbandry [PDF]
, 2003 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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Community knowledge exchange in research leads to innovation and action in the Arctic
Arctic ScienceIndigenous peoples from Arctic communities who are engaged in various aspects of science, research, and community work have much to share with one another.
Shari Fox +31 more
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Reindeer in the USSR: problems of protection and rational use
Rangifer, 2010 There are approximately 2.2 million domestic and 1 million wild reindeer in the USSR today. It is unlikely that the number of domestic reindeer will increase further but there is a tendency for further growth in several large populations of wild reindeer.
E. E. Syroechkovski
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Rangifer, 1998 The responses of the reindeer lichens (Cladina stellaris, C. rangiferina, and C. mitis) to logging and fire were compared in lichen-rich forest stands in northwestern Ontario.
Elizabeth T. Webb
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