Reindeer husbandry in Finland

Influences of large-scale climatic variability on reindeer population dynamics: implications for reindeer husbandry in Norway

There is increasing evidence that the globe is currently warming, with changes being more pronounced in northern latitudes. Understanding the ecological effects of climatic variability is therefore important. There is recent support for the idea that a large-scale atmospheric phenomenon, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), through its effects on vegetation and regional weather conditions, inf...

Selection, Maternal Effects and Inbreeding in Reindeer Husbandry

Rönnegård, L. 2003. Selection, Maternal Effects and Inbreeding in Reindeer Husbandry. Doctor’s dissertation. ISSN 1401-6249. ISBN 91-576-6400-5. In extensive grazing systems where several owners’ flocks are allowed to mix, selection strategies will also interact, due to gene flow between flocks. The aim of the thesis was to analyse breeding schemes in terms of genetic gain and rate of inbreedin...

Contested Landscapes: social-ecological interactions between forestry and reindeer husbandry

Outbreak of parasitic peritonitis in reindeer in Finland.

In 2003, there was an outbreak of peritonitis in reindeer in the southern and middle part of the Finnish reindeer herding area caused by the filarioid nematode Setaria species. In the province of Oulu, the proportion of reindeer viscera condemned owing to parasitic lesions increased from 4.9 per cent in 2001 to 40.1 per cent in 2003. In 2004, the focus of the outbreak moved approximately 100 km...

Relationships between biotic and abiotic range characteristics and productivity of reindeer husbandry in Sweden

Reindeer husbandry is a form of pastoralism where vast areas are used as forage ranges throughout the year. The productivity of the reindeer industry in Sweden is affected by a multitude of factors on different geographical and temporal scales. Our aim was to find combinations of factors characterizing the environmental conditions for reindeer husbandry in the 51 herding districts in Sweden, wh...