Content analysis of interviews conducted with reindeer herders - referred to as reindeer husbandry entrepreneurs, by the Reindeer Herders' Association - from two ethnic communities in Finland reveals that participants who identified themselves as ethnic Finns viewed their self-employment as an...

Focuses on the impacts of climate change on reindeer husbandry in the Arctic and local adaptation techniques that could be useful and cooperation for others that need to be developed and shared.

The differential allocation of energy to either reproduction or survival represents a major conflict with important implications for patterns of life history. Here, we explore how covariation between maternal body weight and fetal weight vary according to fetal sex in a wild reindeer (Rangifer...

According to reproductive strategy theory, males in polygamous breeding systems should invest in morphological or behavioral features that increase reproductive success. When the early development of such traits conflicts with predator protection, we expect that male calves will exhibit...

This note reports the extent of somecomponents of natural resources damage from theChernobyl nuclear accident in 1986, primarily lossesin producer surplus in the reindeer industry inLapland, Sweden. The damage suffered by Swedish moosehunters has been estimated earlier. The result is alower...