175 years of adaptation: North Scandinavian Sámi reindeer herding between government policies and winter climate variability (1835–2010)

• Published in: Journal of Forest Economics
• Main Authors: Riseth, Jan Åge, Tømmervik, Hans, Bjerke, Jarle W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Reindeer herding; Adaptation; Political shocks; Climate events; Pasture state; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Kautokeino; Norway; Torneträsk; Fennoscandia; Finnmark; Sámi
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2561758; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2016.05.002

Unmanaged wild reindeer populations tend to follow cyclical behaviour, and domesticatedreindeer populations often show cyclical behaviour, too. In this contribution, we intendto use the long-term development of two areas in northern Scandinavia to explore howexternally imposed policies and winter cl...