Climate Change, Land Use Conflicts, Predation and Ecological Degradation as Challenges for Reindeer Husbandry in Northern Europe: What do We Really Know After Half a Century of Research?

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  2012

• Venue

  Ambio

• Publication date

  2012-03-28

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s13280-012-0257-6PMID 22451266PMCID PMC3390574
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