Productivity factors of the Finnish semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer t.tarandus) stock during the 1990s

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Kumpula, Jouko, Colpaert, Alfred, Nieminen, Mauri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: carrying capacity; feeding; reindeer; stock productivity; summer pastures; Alectoria; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/387; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.22.1.387

Intensive reindeer grazing and the increase of other land use forms have caused a decline in the amount of arboreal (Alectoria, Bryoria spp.) and reindeer (Cladina spp.) lichens in the Finnish reindeer management area during the last few decades. Supplementary feeding of reindeer has increasingly co...