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Market Economy vs. Risk Management: How Do Nomadic Pastoralists Respond to Increasing Meat Prices?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)A growing body of evidence shows that for nomadic pastoralists herd accumulation is an efficient strategy for buffering environmental variation and maximizes long-term survival. Pastoralists may thus view livestock as ... -
The Pursuit of Population Collapses: Long-Term Dynamics of Semi-Domestic Reindeer in Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Spatiotemporal reindeer population fluctuations are a result of multiple factors that working in concert affectingthe structure and functioning of many Arctic and Sub-Arctic ecosystems. We investigated the population ... -
The Pursuit of Population Collapses: Long-Term Dynamics of Semi-Domestic Reindeer in Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Spatiotemporal reindeer population fluctuations are a result of multiple factors that working in concert affectingthe structure and functioning of many Arctic and Sub-Arctic ecosystems. We investigated the population ... -
Saami reindeer herders cooperate with social group members and genetic kin
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Cooperative behaviors evolve by ultimately increasing the inclusive fitness of performers as well as recipients of those behaviors. Such increases can occur via direct or indirect fitness benefits, theoretically explained ... -
The directors of urban transformation: The case of Oslo
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Wealth of nomads – an exploratory analysis of livestock inequality in the Saami reindeer husbandry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The evolution of political complexity is a perennial issue in humanities and social sciences. While social inequality is pervasive in contemporary human societies, there is a view that livestock, as the primary source of ... -
Why do Tibetan pastoralists hunt?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The Tibetan nomads in the Aru Basin have until recently relied on hunting as an additional source forsubsistence. They hunted the endangered Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsoni), blue sheep(Pseudois nayaur), ...