Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Alaska's reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) industry has been faced with the competitive need to increase productivity but cautioned to avoid range degradation as a result of high stocking rates. Consumer demand for lean, healthy, high quality meat has increased throughout the world and has surpassed...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1052 2023-05-15T18:03:54+02:00 Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska Renecker, Lyle A. Chetkiewicz, Cheryl-Lesley 1993-10-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1052 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.13.1.1052 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1052/1006 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1052 doi:10.7557/2.13.1.1052 Copyright (c) 2015 Lyle A. Renecker, Cheryl-Lesley Chetkiewicz http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 13 Nr 1 (1993); 5-13 Rangifer; Vol 13 No 1 (1993); 5-13 1890-6729 Alaska modelling mortality productivity record-keeping recruitment reindeer herding info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1993 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.13.1.1052 2021-08-16T14:47:52Z Alaska's reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) industry has been faced with the competitive need to increase productivity but cautioned to avoid range degradation as a result of high stocking rates. Consumer demand for lean, healthy, high quality meat has increased throughout the world and has surpassed production. For herders to tap these new domestic and off-shore markets, there will be the need for higher herd numbers and animal productivity, consistent slaughter protocol, and a focused marketing plan. In this paper, we illustrate how record-keeping can benefit reindeer herders in husbandry and management decisions that are necessary to increase animal productivity and, eventually, product quality and profits. These biological parameters were tested in a Lotus® spreadsheet model designed to predict herd growth and economics. Records of three reindeer herds on the Seward Peninsula have shown that calf production for adults has ranged from 35 to 98%. Sensitivity analysis predicted that in some herds, the model was sensitive to small changes in calf survival which could result in insufficient recruitment to maintain long-term harvest. Productivity may be ultimately related to management decisions that cull animals before productivity begins to decline. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Seward Peninsula Alaska University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Slaughter ENVELOPE(-85.633,-85.633,-78.617,-78.617) Rangifer 13 1 5 |
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Alaska's reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) industry has been faced with the competitive need to increase productivity but cautioned to avoid range degradation as a result of high stocking rates. Consumer demand for lean, healthy, high quality meat has increased throughout the world and has surpassed production. For herders to tap these new domestic and off-shore markets, there will be the need for higher herd numbers and animal productivity, consistent slaughter protocol, and a focused marketing plan. In this paper, we illustrate how record-keeping can benefit reindeer herders in husbandry and management decisions that are necessary to increase animal productivity and, eventually, product quality and profits. These biological parameters were tested in a Lotus® spreadsheet model designed to predict herd growth and economics. Records of three reindeer herds on the Seward Peninsula have shown that calf production for adults has ranged from 35 to 98%. Sensitivity analysis predicted that in some herds, the model was sensitive to small changes in calf survival which could result in insufficient recruitment to maintain long-term harvest. Productivity may be ultimately related to management decisions that cull animals before productivity begins to decline. |
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Renecker, Lyle A. Chetkiewicz, Cheryl-Lesley |
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Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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Record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska |
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record-keeping, management decisions and productivity of extensive reindeer herding on the seward peninsula, alaska |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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1993 |
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Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Seward Peninsula Alaska |
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Rangifer; Årg 13 Nr 1 (1993); 5-13 Rangifer; Vol 13 No 1 (1993); 5-13 1890-6729 |
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