International Reindeer/Caribou Symposium, 1972

Thomson, Brian R.

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“…Reindeer separated from the herd by dog or man put all their effort into rejoining it. Those on the periphery push to gain the greater protection of the centre, and there is a constant changing of places (Naumov and Baskin 1969:2;Thomson 1975;Skogland 1988).…”

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“…This knowledge, and the process of reciprocal learning between reindeer and herders, are the subjects of this review. In writing I have drawn on my own experience with northern Scandinavian tundra reindeer and their Saami herders, and on the field studies of biologists and ethologists, in particular Skogland (1985Skogland ( , 1988 and Thomson (1975), writing on wild reindeer of southern Norway, Pruitt (1959Pruitt ( , 1960, Lent (1965) and Speiss (1979) on North American barren-ground caribou, Skjenneberg andSlagsvold (1968, English translation 1979) and Skuncke (1969Skuncke ( ,1973 on wild and pastoral reindeer in Scandinavia, Naumov and Baskin (1969) on Tungus reindeer herding in the USSR, and Espmark (1964a andb, 1971a and b) on tundra and forest deer of Sweden.…”

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Reindeer and caribou Rangifer tarandus in the wild and under pastoralism

Paine

1988

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Reindeer and caribou, respectively Old World and New World forms of Rangifer tarandus, live in large groups in the boreal forest and on the Arctic tundra. Many stocks of reindeer are herded by pastoralists. This article reviews the ecology, breeding biology and herding behaviour of both forms, as revealed by recent field studies. It identifies breeding synchrony, dominance and leadership as important aspects of their social organization, mediated by a system of signals that keep the herds together, and discusses the significance of pastoral practices that maintain herd organization and make reindeer herding possible.

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