Market Economy vs. Risk Management: How Do Nomadic Pastoralists Respond to Increasing Meat Prices?

Human Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 425-438

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

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nomadic pastoralism; Norway; Reindeer husbandry; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84938212477     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: 15729915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-015-9758-9     Document Type: Article

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