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

The chapter discusses the practice of providing reindeer with supplementary feed in winter
as part of reindeer husbandry in Finland, Sweden and Norway. It describes how feeding is …

During the last 25yr, Sami reindeer husbandry in parts of Finnmarksvidda in the Norwegian
Arctic has been in a critical state because of overexploitation of lichen-dominated tundra …

Democratic societies' emphasis on individual rights and freedoms inevitably opens them up
to political disputes. Conflict management should thus be seen as an integral part of …

In northern Fennoscandia, the spatial and temporal grazing practices of semi-domesticated
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) vary, which implies different grazing effects …

Calf losses are an acute issue in Fennoscandian reindeer Rangifer t. tarandus
management. We studied calf mortality in northeastern Finnish Lapland using 621 calves …

We apply an age-and sex-structured reindeer-lichen model to examine the role of winter
pastures, pasture rotation, and supplementary feeding on economically optimal reindeer …

In this work we investigated the effects of local weather and snow conditions on the
reproduction and survival of semi‐domesticated reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus) from 1962 to …

The concept of sustainability has a long history in science. Its original meaning was to
endure in a long time, cf. the German word Nachhaltigkeit. Though the concept, also due to …

The present state of reindeer winter and summer pastures in northern Finland has been
mapped using field sampling, remote sensing, and GIS. The winter pasture inventory was …