Vulnerability of European reindeer husbandry to global change

Climatic Change

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 199-217

  Rees, W G ^a   Stammler, F M ^a,b   Danks, F S ^a   Vitebsky, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FREEZING; RIVERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

REINDEER HUSBANDRY; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VEGETATION; VULNERABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 39649097833     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9345-1     Document Type: Article

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