Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe

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. It consists of three parts: "Herders and Reindeer: The Cultural and Socioeconomic Dynamics of Human-Animal Relations"; "Reindeer Herding - Effects on Soils, Soil Biota, and Vegetation"; and "Integrative Models for Reindeer Management: The Interface Between Social and Natural Sciences". The results of process-oriented field and laboratory studies by scientists are efficaciously supported by those from research involving herders and their experience-based knowledge. In Northern Fennoscandia and Northwest Russia, the issue is not just the conservation of the natural environment of reindeer, but also the survival of the Sami, the northern indigenous people who herd them.

ISBN 3540260870   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9783540260875 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 821 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG   Published in Berlin Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K   Series ISSN 184 Format Hardback   Series title Ecological Studies Publication date 20 Dec 2005   Height (mm) 235 Library of Congress SF   Width (mm) 155 DEWEY 636.294   Spine width (mm) 26 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 419

1		The challenges of modernity for reindeer management in Northernmost Europe by B. C. Forbes		11
2		Dynamics in human-reindeer relations : reflections on prehistoric, historic and contemporary practices in Northernmost Europe by L. Muller-Wille and D. Heinrich and V.-P. Lehtola and P. Aikio and Y. Konstantinov and V. Vladimirova		27
3		Development of participatory institutions for reindeer management in Finland : a diagnosis of deliberation, knowledge integration and sustainability by J. Hukkinen and L. Muller-Wille and P. Aikio and H. Heikkinen and O. Jaasko and A. Laakso and H. Magga and S. Nevalainen and O. Pokuri and K. Raitio and N. West		47
4		Comparison of indigenous and scientific perceptions of reindeer management by L. Heikkila		73
5		The challenges and dilemmas of concession reindeer management in Sweden by J.-L. Jernsletten and H. Beach		95
6		Changes in property regimes and reindeer herding management in post-Soviet herding collectives : the case of the municipality of Lovozero (Murmansk region, Northwest Russia) by Y. Konstantinov and V. Vladimirova		117
7		Defining the quality of reindeer pastures : the perspectives of Sami reindeer herders by H. Kitti and N. Gunslay and B. C. Forbes		141
8		Very high resolution remote sensing data in reindeer pasture inventory in Northern Fennoscandia by T. Kumpula		167
9		Vegetation : structure, cover and biomass of subarctic tundra wetlands used as summer pastures by H. Kitth and B. C. Forbes		187
10		The chemical response of reindeer summer pasture plants in a subarctic peatland to ultraviolet (UV) radiation by P. Soppela and M. Turunen and B. C. Forbes and P. Aikio and H. Magga and M.-L. Sutinen and K. Lakkala and C. Uhlig		199
11		Consequences of grazing on soil physical and mechanical properties in forest and tundra environments by S. Peth and R. Horn		217
12		Changes in organic horizon soil properties due to reindeer herding and changing management by C. Uhlig and A. Zink		245
13		Changing microbial ecology with changes in grazing and its management by M. Bolter and R. Moller		265
14		Hygienic status of soils and surface waters in reindeer herding areas in Northernmost Europe by N. Kemper and C. Holler and A. Aschfalk		297
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