Reproduction and productivity of semidomesticated reindeer in northern Finland

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Kumpula, Jouko, Colpaert, Alfred, Nieminen, Mauri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Slaughter; Northern Finland; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-191; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z97-191

The increase in the Finnish semidomesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) stock and the high level of meat production during the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s were mainly due to reindeer-management practices. However, the continuing deterioration of winter-range quality has now force...