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Geographical variability and cultural diversity of reindeer pastoralism in northern Russia: delimitation of areas with different types of reindeer husbandry [PDF]
Konstantin Klokov
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Findings indicate that the impact of heavy rainfall events on plant growth in the High Arctic is mediated by seasonal timing and local moisture regimes. Late summer rainfall can extend the growing season for plants experiencing end‐of‐season water‐limitation by delaying onset of senescence.
Rúna Í. Magnússon +6 more
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Large predators and their impact on reindeer husbandry
Birgitta Åhman +4 more
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Custodial reindeer and custodial goats - part of reindeer herding and animal husbandry
The Sami husbandry has traditionally incorporated reindeer, which did not belong to the nomadic household. According to the national census from 1875, this system was found in many parts of Norway. Among the counties, Nordland stood out having the highest number of households owing custodial reindeer.
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A Parasite Not a Cannibal? How the State and Capital Protect Accumulation Amid Devastation
Abstract Nancy Fraser's recent book, Cannibal Capitalism, breathes new life into the eco‐Marxist concept of the ecological contradiction, arguing capitalism destroys its own ecological conditions of possibility like a serpent eating its own tail. Fraser's thesis appears to be playing out in British Columbia forests, where industry is closing mills and ...
Rosemary Collard, Jessica Dempsey
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Youths' and their guardians' prospects of reindeer husbandry in Finland
Tanja Joona, Pigga Keskitalo
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Part I: Knud Leem and Reindeer Husbandry
Abstract This section explores the life and legacy of Knud Leem (1697–1774), a Norwegian missionary and linguist who conducted extensive research on the Sámi language and reindeer herding culture in Finnmark during the 18th century. Leem was deeply influenced by both pietism and Enlightenment rationalism, which led him to produce pioneering ...
Inger Marie G. Eira +3 more
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Vulnerable knowledge: responding to the uncertainties of climate change‐related disaster
Abstract This paper uses uncertainty generated by environmental change and climate crisis as a prompt to rethink the concept of vulnerability within disaster studies. Where some have sought to recover a latent political potential in vulnerability, a togetherness founded in the disclosure of insecurities to others, we argue that there is value in ...
James M. White +2 more
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We show that non‐migratory waterfowl movement distances are shorter in areas of high land cover heterogeneity and human population density, and that these movement distances are related to the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. These results suggest that habitat management could contribute to the spread of these viruses.
Claire S. Teitelbaum +67 more
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