Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe Linking Practical and Scientific Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Forbes, Bruce C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bölter, Manfred (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Müller-Wille, Ludger (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hukkinen, Janne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Müller, Felix (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gunslay, Nicolas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Konstantinov, Yulian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Σειρά: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 184
• Θέματα: Environment.; Animal ecology.; Plant ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Sociology.; Environmental Management.; Animal Ecology.; Sociology, general.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Nature Conservation.; Plant Ecology.

The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue
• Prologue
• Herders and Reindeer: The Cultural and Socio-Economic Dynamics of Human-Animal Relations
• The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe
• Dynamics in Human-Reindeer Relations: Reflections on Prehistoric, Historic and Contemporary Practices in Northernmost Europe
• Development of Participatory Institutions for Reindeer Management in Finland: A Diagnosis of Deliberation, Knowledge Integration and Sustainability
• The Comparison of Indigenous and Scientific Perceptions of Reindeer Management
• The Challenges and Dilemmas of Concession Reindeer Management in Sweden
• Changes in Property Regimes and Reindeer Herding Management in Post-Soviet Herding Collectives: The Case of the Municipality of Lovozero (Murmansk Region, Northwest Russia)
• Reindeer Herding — Effects on Soils, Soil Biota and Vegetation
• Defining the Quality of Reindeer Pastures: The Perspectives of Sámi Reindeer Herders
• Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Data in Reindeer Pasture Inventory in Northern Fennoscandia
• Vegetation: Structure, Cover, and Biomass of Subarctic Tundra Wetlands Used as Summer Pastures
• The Chemical Response of Reindeer Summer Pasture Plants in a Subarctic Peatland to Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
• Consequences of Grazing on Soil Physical and Mechanical Properties in Forest and Tundra Environments
• Changes in Organic Horizon Soil Properties Due to Reindeer Herding and Changing Management
• Changing Microbial Ecology with Changes in Grazing and its Management
• Hygienic Status of Soils and Surface Waters in Reindeer Herding Areas in Northernmost Europe
• Integrative Models for Reindeer Management: The Interface Between Social and Natural Sciences
• Population Trends of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer in Fennoscandia — Evaluation of Explanations
• Systems Analysis of Finnish Reindeer Management
• Synthesis: Environmental and Sociopolitical Conditions for Modern Reindeer Management in Europe’s North
• Epilogue.