Reindeer herding in transition: Historical and modern day challenges for Alaskan reindeer herders

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 31-49

  Finstad, Greg L ^a   Kielland, Knut K ^a,b   Schneider, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Program   (Cayman Islands)

Author keywords

Economic loss; Human dimension; Out kigration; Production; Refugia; Reindeer herders; Subsistence; WACH; Weather

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DEER; DOMESTICATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPLOITATION; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 34547497205     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2006.100203     Document Type: Article

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