Reindeer management and winter pastures in the presence of supplementary feeding and government subsidies

• Main Authors: Pekkarinen, Antti-Juhani, Kumpula, Jouko, Tahvonen, Olli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Slaughter; reindeer husbandry; Reindeer lichen
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380015002367

We apply an age- and sex-structured reindeer-lichen model to examine the role of winter pastures, pasture rotation, and supplementary feeding on economically optimal reindeer management. The model includes 17 age classes of females, 13 classes of males and a detailed description of winter energy res...