Multivariate characterisation of environmental conditions for reindeer husbandry in Sweden

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Lundqvist, Henrik, Norell, Lennart, Danell, Öje
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2009
• Subjects: Cluster analysis; GIS; landscape ecology; PCA; Rangifer tarandus tarandus; Ensam; Fennoscandia; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer husbandry; Renskötsel
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/196; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.27.1.196

Pastoralism using semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus) is a traditional livelihood in northern Fennoscandia. The area used for reindeer herding in Sweden covers as much as half of the country’s area. Variation in the productivity of reindeer husbandry is clearly affected by many biotic...