Biologists can equip animals with global positioning system (GPS) technology to obtain
accurate (less than or equal to 30 m) locations that can be combined with sensor data to …

Snow is a major determinant of forage availability for reindeer and caribou (Rangifer
tarandus; hereafter Rangifer) in winter and is, consequently, a medium through which …

Scientific studies of challenges of climate change could be improved by including other
sources of knowledge, such as traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), in this case relating …

Over the last few decades, the use of forests both by Sámi reindeer herders and for
commercial forestry has been a source of increasing conflict in northern Sweden. Forestry …

Snow conditions play an important role for reindeer herding. In particular, the formation of
ice crusts after rain‐on‐snow (ROS) events or general surface thawing with subsequent …

Reindeer management (RM) in northern Fennoscandia is an example of social-ecological
systems (SESs) providing social, cultural, ecological, and economic values. Changing …

In northern Finland, reindeer-herd management has experienced two major transitions:
extensification of intensive herding, and development of supplementary/corral feeding in …

The recovery and expansion of large carnivores have increased livestock damage in
Europe, one example being the reindeer husbandry in northern Fennoscandia. Mostly free …

The reindeer is a ruminant of the family Cervidae with a circumpolar distribution that has
been a key component of Eurasian high latitude ecosystems for at least 2 million years …

Controversy between alternative uses of forests in Finnish Upper Lapland has been going
on for decades, and in recent years it has been escalated to a serious conflict. The core of …