A reindeer herder's perspective on caribou, weather and socio-economic change on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-88

  Rattenbury, Kumi ^a   Kielland, Knut ^b   Finstad, Greg ^b   Schneider, William ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate change; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer; Reindeer herding; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 63049083172     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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