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Quantifying permeability of linear barriers to animal movement: The permeability R package

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Animals have always navigated environments characterized by linear features that influence movement, whether rivers, ridges or ravines. Large‐scale changes in land use have led to increasing interactions with anthropogenic features, especially roads and fences.
Nicole Barbour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Revival of Reindeer Herding in the North Baikal Highlands, Republic of Buryatia

open access: yes, 2021
This paper summarizes work with two Evenki reindeer herding collectives in the Severo-Baikal’skoe nagor’e in July, 2010. Ethnographic work with reindeer herder groups Oron and Uluki, both established in the early 1990s in the Kholodnoe community ...
Ziker, John P.
core   +1 more source

Aquisiton and management of reindeer herd data

open access: yesRangifer, 1990
Obtaining and maintaining accurate records of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) herd data has become a necessary tool for efficient herd management. A computerized record keeping and reporting system was developed due to the speed which which animals were seen at the seasonal handlings.
Clarke, A. W., Dieterich, R. A.
openaire   +4 more sources

Winners and losers in subarctic moth communities in a changing climate: Marine regime shifts as predictors for terrestrial insect biomass

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
1972–2017, the total moth biomass ina subarctic community had a positive trend but biomass trends differ betweenmoth groups based on taxonomy, phenology and resource use. In the northern latitudes,outbreaking species impact greatly moth biomass Moth biomass is associated withtemperature variables and marine Regime shifts, which can be effective ...
Julia J. J. Fält‐Nardmann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reindeer use of alpine summer habitats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Alpine areas in the Scandinavian mountain region are used for grazing by semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) during the snow-free season. These areas are also used for outdoor recreation and tourism.
Skarin, Anna
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The Long Arc of Forest Land Dispossession and Degradation—Firm and State Actions on Sámi Lands in the Wood‐Based Commodity Frontier in Northern Sweden, 1673–1955

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the domestication and early management of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in the Sámi archaeological context from teeth geometric morphometrics

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
For centuries, reindeer herding has been an integral part of the subsistence, lifeways, economy and cosmology of the Sámi of northern Fennoscandia. Despite its importance, the timing and details of early reindeer domestication are still highly debated ...
Maxime Pelletier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incorporating burn probability into spatial prioritization of woodland caribou habitat restoration

open access: yesRestoration 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
wiley   +1 more source

Selection, maternal effects and inbreeding in reindeer husbandry [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Extraktivt våld och urfolks koppling till mark

open access: yesKulturella Perspektiv, 2019
Extractive violence on Indigenous peoples’ lands is not only a violation against nature but also a violation against Indigenous peoples who experience close connection to land.
Kristina Sehlin MacNeil, Niila Inga
doaj   +1 more source

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