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125 years of exploration and research at Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK) 125 ans d'exploration et de recherches à Gough's Cave (Somerset, Royaume‐Uni)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Our understanding of the recolonization of northwest Europe in the period leading up to the Lateglacial Interstadial relies heavily on discoveries from Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK). Gough's Cave is the richest Late Upper Palaeolithic site in the British Isles, yielding an exceptional array of human remains, stone and organic artefacts, and butchered ...
Silvia M. Bello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

World Reindeer Husbandry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Reindeer husbandry has a long history in the north. There are more than 20 different indigenous peoples in the Arctic that are reindeer herders. Reindeer husbandry is practiced in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Mongolia, China, Alaska, Canada and ...
Arctic Council , Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group
core  

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

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]

open access: yes, 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
Association of World Reindeer Herders, -
core  

Controlling the stock or the habitat – The crisis of native invasive encroachment in the grazing land of Norwegian reindeer husbandry [PDF]

open access: yes
Climate change negatively impacts reindeer grazing in Fennoscandia, with the encroachment of Empetrum nigrum (crowberry) being a significant, yet largely unrecognized problem. Crowberry encroachment affects the neighboring palatable vegetation negatively,
Pham, Minh Nhat   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Pastures under pressure : Effects of other land users and the environment

open access: yes, 2022
Reindeer husbandry has a long history of sharing landscapes with a multitude of other forms of land use. By competing for space, industrial resource developments from the early 20th century onwards have affected where, when and how the landscape can be ...
Skarin, Anna,   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Seasonal Habitat Selection by a Threatened Ungulate in an Industrializing Boreal Landscape

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
Understanding habitat selection by Threatened wood bison in landscapes characterized by anthropogenic disturbance is important for conservation planning. During summer and winter, bison selected for linear (e.g., roads, seismic lines, pipelines) and polygonal (e.g., well sites) disturbances, unless there were high densities of linear features.
Lisa J. Koetke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAES-workshop "Reindeer 2000", 11-13 August 1999, Tromsø, Norway.

open access: yesRangifer, 2002
A group of PhD students, post-doctoral scientists and senior scientists gathered together in Tromsø, August 1999 for the 1st CAES Workshop 'Reindeer 2000', in conjunction with the 10th Arctic Ungulate Conference (AUC).
R.E. Haugerud (ed. in chief)   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Administration

open access: yes, 2000
På oppdrag fra Reindriftsforvaltningen har NIBR evaluert Reindriftsforvaltningens organisasjon og virksomhet. I evalueringen drøftes ledelse, styring og organisering av virksomheten i etaten, med fokus på bl.a. personalledelse og kompetanseutvikling. Videre er Reindriftsforvaltningens arbeid med tilskuddsforvaltning, og arbeidet med arealforvaltning ...
Ivar Lie, Vigdis Nygaard
openaire   +1 more source

Application of Multi‐Method Dating for Understanding the Gravettian North of Moravia, Central Europe

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents the results of integrating three methods to assess the age of the Upper Palaeolithic site of Pietraszyn 11 (SW Poland), close to the Moravian Gate. Sediment chronology determined using optically stimulated luminescence produced promising, yet ambiguous results (51.0 ± 3.7 to 20.3 ± 0.7 ka).
A. Wiśniewski   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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