Modeling regional dynamics of human-rangifer systems: A framework for comparative analysis

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Berman, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribou hunting; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer herding; Social ecological systems; System models

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEER; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; HUNTING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD POPULATION;

ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84891848811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05535-180443     Document Type: Article

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