Essays about: "winter grazing grounds"

Found 5 essays containing the words winter grazing grounds.

  1. 1. Påverkar utfodring av unga vajor deras vikt, kondition och dräktighet?

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

    Author : Therese Nylén; [2022]
    Keywords : renar; vinterutfodring; vikt; kondition; dräktighet; reindeer;

    Abstract : Vinterutfodring av renar (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) har blivit allt vanligare. Ökad nederbörd, växlande temperaturer och konkurrerande markanvändning av betesmarker, tex ökat skogsbruk och gruvor, har under de senaste decennierna resulterat i att det blir svårare för renen att finna bra vinterbete. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparative movement behaviour and habitat selection of semi-domestic herbivore : central-place grazing versus free-range grazing in Reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus)

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

    Author : Muhammad Fawad Sharif; [2020]
    Keywords : supplementary feeding; habitat selection; lichen-rich forests; home range size; Rangifer tarandus tarandus; reindeer husbandry management; Sámi; recursive movements; utility distribution; clear cuts; brownian bridge movement model;

    Abstract : Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) husbandry mainly relies on natural pastures to ensure a sustainable animal production. In Sweden, coniferous forest areas are most commonly utilized as grazing grounds during winter. Additionally, supplementary feeding is sometimes provided for free-ranging animals to ensure their survival. READ MORE

  4. 3. Land reclamation by reindeer lichens : On the complexity of substrate and reindeer grazing on Cladonia spp. dispersal

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Christine Godeau; [2019]
    Keywords : Artificial dispersal Quartzite quarry; Reindeer lichens; Reindeer winter grazing; Substrate.;

    Abstract : Reindeer lichens are on a dramatic decline in Sweden, with a 71 % decrease in abundance over the last 60 years. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) management, undertaken by indigenous Sámi people, depend upon extensive winter grazing grounds with abundant reindeer lichen cover. READ MORE

  5. 4. Status of supplementary feeding of reindeer in Sweden and its consequences

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

    Author : Anna-Marja Persson; [2018]
    Keywords : Rangifer tarandus; reindeer husbandry; supplementary feeding; calf survival; calf carcass weight;

    Abstract : Reindeer husbandry in Sweden is suffering from great challenges, where fragmentation of the landscape and climate change are affecting winter grazing grounds. Lichen availability is seen as the bottleneck for further existence of this livelihood, but supplementary feeding has been used to different extents to compensate for the loss of lichen pastures. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effect of forest structure and vegetation on reindeer habitat choices : A study in the winter grazing grounds of Vilhelmina norra reindeer herding district, Västerbotten, Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Sofia Lindmark Burk; [2014]
    Keywords : Reindeer husbandry; habitat choice; winter grazing grounds; forest structure; GPS-collars; key and core areas; RIVO;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis was to examine whether forest structure and ground vegetation could explain the habitat choices of the reindeer within similar forest stands. The field work was carried out on 60 sites scattered across a part of the winter grounds for Vilhelmina Norra reindeer herding district. READ MORE