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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents a new way of obtaining deep explanations of environmental problems. We expose the production strategies, corporate strategies and state actions that have been taken by firms and state agencies to facilitate the geographical expansion of the wood‐based commodity frontier at the expense of reindeer pastoralists among the ...
David Harnesk, Lars Östlund
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Can a snow structure model estimate snow characteristics relevant to reindeer husbandry?
Rangifer, 2014 Snow affects foraging conditions of reindeer e.g. by increasing the energy expenditures for moving and digging work or, in contrast, by making access of arboreal lichen easier.
Sirpa Rasmus +2 more
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Incorporating burn probability into spatial prioritization of woodland caribou habitat restoration
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Habitat disturbance is a major driver of population declines of woodland caribou in Canada. Habitat restoration is a critical component of a successful, long‐term approach to caribou recovery; however, with limited resources, it is important to target areas where restoration efforts will provide maximum benefits to caribou.
James C. Maltman +5 more
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The effect of weather conditions on the practice of reindeer herders in the Sub-polar Urals
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2018 In this paper, we aim to determine the role of weather conditions in the annual industrial cycle of reindeer her-ders inhabiting the Sub-polar Urals.
Liskevich N.A. +2 more
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Reindeer Herding in Transition: Historical and Modern Day Challenges for Alaskan Reindeer Herders
Nomadic Peoples, 2006 Abstract The people of northwestern Alaska have had a long relationship with local populations of Rangifer tarandus. During the last 200 years this relationship has changed from one of subsistence to overexploitation of caribou (the name for wild reindeer in North America), to commercial livestock production of semi domesticated ...
Greg L. Finstad +2 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
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Rangifer, 2002 This paper is based on field experience in the tundra camp of a reindeer-herding brigade with mixed ethnic background (Komi, Sami, Nenets, Russians) belonging to the ex-Sovkhoz of Krasnoschelie.
Dessislav Sabev
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Acta 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 ...
Rebecca K. Davidson +3 more
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Direct Interaction Between Roe Deer and Mountain Hare, a Case of Interference Encounter Competition?
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.Here, we report on a case of direct interaction between a roe deer doe and a mountain hare recorded by a camera trap in Tydal Municipality, Norway, suggestive of direct interference competition. The roe deer doe is following and displacing the mountain hare for at least 2 min and 29 s, including a 19 s active phase.
Simen Pedersen +2 more
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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2014 This article is based on the results of recent fieldwork among the Evenk reindeer herders in the northern Baikal region. It argues that reindeer domestication should be approached as a never-ending process that happens in the context of animal and human ...
Vladimir Davydov
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