The Ecological Role and Geography of Reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ) in Northern Eurasia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7784882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce C Forbes (0000-0002-4593-5083, University of Lapland), Timo Kumpula (0000-0002-2716-7420) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1356-1380 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00250.x |
| OpenAlex | W1963787911 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 80 |
The reindeer is a ruminant of the family Cervidae with a circumpolar distribution that has been a key component of Eurasian high latitude ecosystems for at least 2 million years. Interactions with humans date from the late Pleistocene onward and wild and semi‐domestic animals continue to be highly valued by aboriginal and non‐native peoples for a diversity of purposes. As a widespread and dominant ungulate across many tundra and taiga regions, the reindeer exerts a number of important controls on ecosystem structure and function. Animals, both free‐ranging and herded, move seasonally between summer, winter and transitional spring/autumn habitats or ‘pastures’. Their effects on vegetation and soils vary greatly in space and time depending on factors such as altitude/exposure, snow depth, substrate, moisture, prevailing vegetation type and, most importantly, animal density. At present, the number of Old World reindeer is somewhat less than 2.5 million. The most productive semi‐domestic herds occur in Fennoscandia and the Nenets regions of northwest Russia straddling the Ural Mountains. Management systems differ within and among countries and regions. Given the diverse suite of factors involved, changes in vegetation associated with grazing and trampling can be remarkably heterogeneous spatially yet remain to a large extent predictable. Potential threats facing reindeer populations of Eurasia include rapid land use change, climate change and ongoing institutional conflicts
Biology · Ecosystem · Geography · Grazing · Habitat · Physical geography · Steppe · Trampling · Tundra · Ungulate · Wildlife · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology
Of birches, smoke and reindeer dung – Tracing human-environmental interactions palynologically in sediments from the Nahe palaeolake
Cultural Resilience of Social-ecological Systems in the Nenets and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, Russia
Regional Variation in Thule and Colonial Caribou Hunting in West Greenland
Remote Sensing and Local Knowledge of Hydrocarbon Exploitation
Long-term reindeer grazing limits warming-induced increases in CO 2 released by tundra heath soil
Arctic rain on snow events
Grazing in Arctic peatlands—an unknown agent in the global carbon budget
Modeling dynamics of tundra plant communities on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, in response to climate change and grazing pressure
Reindeer use of low Arctic tundra correlates with landscape structure
Simulating the effects of soil organic nitrogen and grazing on arctic tundra vegetation dynamics on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Climate, caribou and human needs linked by analysis of Indigenous and scientific knowledge
Tracing the early dispersal of reindeer in southern Sweden
Land use and land cover change in Arctic Russia
Reindeer husbandry in peril?—How extractive industries exert multiple pressures on an Arctic pastoral ecosystem
Paternal origin of Tungusic‐speaking populations
Uninhabited, Unused, Untravelled, or Uncharted? Sparsely or Unpopulated Areas and Gridded Population Data
Impacts of climate warming on reindeer herding require new land-use strategies
Generality of mis-fit”? The real-life difficulty of matching scales in an interconnected world
Changes in mountain birch forests and reindeer management
Arctic Ecosystems and their Services Under Changing Climate
Hunters, Pastoralists and Ranchers
Reindeer Pasture Biomass Assessment Using Satellite Remote Sensing
A Near-Total Decline in Caribou on Prince of Wales, Somerset, and Russell Islands, Canadian Arctic
Northern reindeer of Taymyr Okrug as the focus of economic activity
Plant Ecology, Herbivory and Human Impact on Nordic Mountain Birch Forests
Building a ‘culture of dialogue’ among stakeholders in North-West Russian oil extraction
Mobility and Technology
The Shadow Field of Reindeer Management
Reindeer‐herding and the call for sustainability in the Swedish mountain region
Geographic Variations in Anthropogenic Drivers that Influence the Vulnerability and Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems
Reindeer in the Swedish Mountains
Conflict Resolution by Participatory Management
The West Greenland “Greens”—Favourite Caribou Summer Grazing Areas and Late Holocene Climatic Changes
Saami reindeer pastoralism under climate change
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |