Wild reindeer
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Wild reindeer
Science Publishers, c1995
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Severnyĭ olenʹ
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Various aspects of the ecology, biology, behaviour, distribution, population and morphology of wild reindeer are discussed in this text. Scientific principles of their conservation and rational exploitation are developed, and the present status and utilization of pasture lands is examined. The text goes on to demonstrate the principles of conservation of large migrating populations and individual herds of wild reindeer. The problems of restoring the range to its original level is also discussed.
Table of Contents
- Characteristics of the species, adaptation to Northern conditions. Part I Geographic distribution and world population of reindeer - geographic distribution and population of reindeer in the USSR
- geographic distribution and population of reindeer abroad. Part II Biology and ecology of reindeer - food
- reproduction
- growth and development
- molting
- factors limiting population - natural mortality
- enemies and competitors
- diseases and parasites
- geographic features of population structure and population dynamics. Part III Wild reindeer hunting problems of the circumpolar culture of the northern peoples - history of wild reindeer hunting in the Neolithic period and the circumpolar culture of reindeer hunters
- ecological-ethnographic account of wild reindeer hunting by peoples of Northern Eurasia. Part IV Rational utilization and protection of wild reindeer - scientific principles of rational exploitation of wild reindeer resources
- wild reindeer management
- protection of wild reindeer.
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