Essays about: "caribou"

Found 5 essays containing the word caribou.

1. 1. Correlation between Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) of reindeer pasture plants : Korrelation mellan Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) och smältbarhet av renbetesväxter i vomvätska in vitro (VOS)

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Jannica Helmersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; NDVI; in vitro organic matter digestibility; IVOMD; VOS; caribou; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer pasture plants; drone;

   Abstract : Renen livnär sig på många olika betesväxter och den följer växtfenologins utveckling under barmarkssäsongen, vilket resulterar i högkvalitativt foderintag. Levande växtbiomassa kan uppskattas på landskapsnivå genom att använda vegetationsindex som värderar vegetation utifrån spektrala mätningar. READ MORE

3. 2. Kan minskat lavbete och ett ändrat klimat ha nega-tiva konsekvenser för kalvningsresultat hos renar?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Emma Wärnsberg; [2018]
   Keywords : ren; caribou; Rangifer tarandus; dräktighet; kalvningsfrekvens; lav; vinterbete;

   Abstract : Vinterdieten hos många renpopulationer består till största delen av lav. Främst på grund av det moderna skogsbruket har skogar inom renskötselområdet klassificerade som lavrika minskat med 71 % under de senaste 60 åren. READ MORE

4. 3. Analyzing cumulative effects from human development on reindeer habitat in Sweden : an approach from Canadian caribou recovery planning

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

   Author : Erika Driedger; [2014]
   Keywords : rangifer; indigenous ecological knowledge; cumulative effects; northern development;

   Abstract : Rangifer sp., also called reindeer or caribou, are characterized by their seasonal movements over the landscape, making them a good indicator for cumulative disturbance effects caused by human developments. READ MORE

5. 4. "Walking in two worlds and not doing too well in either" : investigating vulnerability and climate change in Nunavut, Canada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Kathleen Whitfield; [2012]
   Keywords : inuit traditional knowledge; food security; ethnography; Arctic climate impacts; adaptive capacity; sustainability science; inuit communities; hunting; vulnerability scoping diagram; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Arctic communities are currently experiencing the effects of climate change. This paper contributes to a growing body of vulnerability and adaptation research in the Arctic. This case study provides an assessment of current vulnerabilities and offers insight into how climate change is experienced in the hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. READ MORE

6. 5. Betydelsen av skogens ålder och förekomst av lavar för renars val av vinterbetesområde

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Victoria Esberg; [2008]
   Keywords : ren; vinterbete; skogsålder; lav; habitat; skogsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This is a study on winter groups, "siida", of semi-domesticated mountain-migrating reindeers that move to lichen pastures in the lowland boreal forests during winter. The aim of the study was to determine reindeer habitat use in their winter ranges in a managed forest landscape. READ MORE