• Pastoral herding strategies and governmental management objectives: predation compensation as a risk buffering strategy in the Saami reindeer husbandry 

      Næss, Marius Warg; Bårdsen, Bård-Jørgen; Pedersen, Elisabeth; Tveraa, Torkild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-12)
      Previously it has been found that an important risk buffering strategy in the Saami reindeer husbandry in Norway is the accumulation of large herds of reindeer as this increases long-term household viability. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated how official policies, such as economic compensation for livestock losses, can influence pastoral strategies. This study investigated the effect of ...
    • Unfounded claims about productivity beyond density for reindeer pastoralism systems 

      Stien, Audun; Tveraa, Torkild; Ims, Rolf Anker; Stien, Jennifer; Yoccoz, Nigel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-22)
      We point out problems with the article Productivity beyond density: A critique of management models for reindeer pastoralism in Norway by Marin and co-workers published in Pastoralism in 2020. In our opinion, there are several misleading claims about the governance of the reindeer pastoralist system in Norway, the Røros model for herd management and density dependence in reindeer herds in their ...