Title Reindeer management in northernmost Europe : linking practical and scientific knowledge in social-ecological systems / B.C. Forbes [and others] (eds.)

Published Berlin ; [London] : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 397 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Ecological studies, 0070-8356 ; v. 184 Ecological studies ; v. 184. 0070-8356 Contents Prologue -- Prologue -- Herders and Reindeer: The Cultural and Socio-Economic Dynamics of Human-Animal Relations -- The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe -- Dynamics in Human-Reindeer Relations: Reflections on Prehistoric, Historic and Contemporary Practices in Northernmost Europe -- Development of Participatory Institutions for Reindeer Management in Finland: A Diagnosis of Deliberation, Knowledge Integration and Sustainability -- The Comparison of Indigenous and Scientific Perceptions of Reindeer Management -- The Challenges and Dilemmas of Concession Reindeer Management in Sweden -- Changes in Property Regimes and Reindeer Herding Management in Post-Soviet Herding Collectives: The Case of the Municipality of Lovozero (Murmansk Region, Northwest Russia) -- Reindeer Herding -- Effects on Soils, Soil Biota and Vegetation -- Defining the Quality of Reindeer Pastures: The Perspectives of Sámi Reindeer Herders -- Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Data in Reindeer Pasture Inventory in Northern Fennoscandia -- Vegetation: Structure, Cover, and Biomass of Subarctic Tundra Wetlands Used as Summer Pastures -- The Chemical Response of Reindeer Summer Pasture Plants in a Subarctic Peatland to Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation -- Consequences of Grazing on Soil Physical and Mechanical Properties in Forest and Tundra Environments -- Changes in Organic Horizon Soil Properties Due to Reindeer Herding and Changing Management -- Changing Microbial Ecology with Changes in Grazing and its Management -- Hygienic Status of Soils and Surface Waters in Reindeer Herding Areas in Northernmost Europe -- Integrative Models for Reindeer Management: The Interface Between Social and Natural Sciences -- Population Trends of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer in Fennoscandia -- Evaluation of Explanations -- Systems Analysis of Finnish Reindeer Management -- Synthesis: Environmental and Sociopolitical Conditions for Modern Reindeer Management in Europe's North -- Epilogue Summary The management of reindeer herds in northernmost Europe has been dramatically altered by changes in the environment, largely the result of human activities. This volume investigates the conditions upon which human-reindeer relations have been based, as well as those necessary for future reindeer management Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record In OhioLINK electronic book center SpringerLink Subject Reindeer herding -- Europe, Northern Reindeer herding -- Environmental aspects -- Europe, Northern Environmental sciences. Environmental management. Sociology. environmental sciences. environmental control. sociology. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry. Reindeer herding -- Environmental aspects -- Europe, Northern. Renne -- Conduite du troupeau -- Europe septentrionale. Renne -- Conduite du troupeau -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Europe septentrionale. Reindeer herding -- Europe, Northern. Environnement. Sciences de la terre. Reindeer herding Nutztierhaltung Sozialökologie Mensch Ren Northern Europe Nordeuropa Form Electronic book Author Forbes, B. C. (Bruce C.) ISBN 9783540313922 3540313923 3540260870 9783540260875

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