Transitions in herd management of semi-domesticated reindeer in northern Finland. 45

• Published in: Annales Zoologici Fennici
• Main Authors: Jaakkola, Lotta, Helle, Timo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board 2008
• Subjects: moottorikelkkavallankumous; vapaa laiduntaminen; reindeer herd management; transition; snow mobile revolution; free-ranging; poronhoito; metsätalous; paimennus; Corral; Northern Finland; Poronhoito
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201304111417

In northern Finland, reindeer-herd management has experienced two major transitions: extensification of intensive herding, and development of supplementary/corral feeding in winter. The transistions were studied in six herding associations in different parts of the Finnish reindeer management area....