Of forest, snow and lichen: Sámi reindeer herders' knowledge of winter pastures in northern Sweden

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1960-1967

  Roturier, Samuel ^a,b   Roué, Marie ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Université Diderot Paris 7   (France)

Author keywords

Forestry; Guohtun; Reindeer grazing; Snow; Thawing freezing; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL FORESTRY; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; FOREST AREA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST STRUCTURE; GROUND VEGETATION; GUOHTUN; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; KNOW-HOW; MULTIPLE USE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; REINDEER GRAZING; REINDEER PASTURE; SNOW COVERS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FREEZING; LAND USE; SNOW; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TERMINOLOGY; THAWING; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GRAZING; LICHEN; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; SNOW COVER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FREEZING; LAND USE; NOMENCLATURE; SNOW; THAWING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 70349138805     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.045     Document Type: Article

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