Environmental stochasticity and long-term livestock viability-Herd-accumulation as a risk reducing strategy

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-17

  Næss, Marius Warg ^a   Bårdsen, Bård Jørgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Herd maximization; Management; Negative externalities; Nomadic pastoralism; Norway; Rangifer tarandus; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTORALISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

NORWAY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77249102532     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9288-4     Document Type: Article

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