Reindeer

Our goal is to develop knowledge that strengthens the long-term sustainability of reindeer husbandry and provides tools that help the industry to cope with external stress from natural factors as well as other industry and human activities on the land. We perform research and education within the topic reindeer husbandry and reindeer biology. The research focuses on production conditions for reindeer husbandry and interaction with the surrounding world.

More about our reindeer research Researchers Research area contact person: Anna Skarin

On-going projects

REINFORCE - Climate, habitat and animal production
Strategies for coping with challenges in a pastoral management system with increasing external pressures.
REINFEED - feeding reindeer for future free-range functionality
Short- and long-term effects of winter-feeding on future ability to utilize natural pastures
ReiGN reindeer husbandry in a globalizing North
Resilience, adaptations and pathways for actions
Contested landscapes: navigating competing claims and cumulative impacts in Northern Sweden (CO-LAND)
The project explores approaches to manage the cumulative impacts specifically on the connectivity and quality of reindeer pastures. These pastures will serve as an “indicator” for the wider impacts on the green infrastructure of the landscape.
Brown bear predation on reindeer calves and possible preventive measures
Effective interventions in order to reduce bear predation on reindeer calves.

Finished projects

Holistic understanding of lichen growth
In this project, we aim to assess if moose browsing has positive effects also on lichen height, which together with cover is related to total lichen biomass, and if those dynamics promote reindeer use of young forests.
Reindeer health – increasing knowledge through education and web-based information
This project aims at sharing and developing knowledge about reindeer health and disease.
Reindeer and brown bear interaction and space use in the boreal forest
Wind power in operation and impacts on reindeer and reindeer herding
The project was financed by Swedish Energy Agency (Vindval research programme) and primarily investigated how wind power development affects reindeer in the winter grazing area in Sweden. The project was a continuation of a previous project financed by Vindval on the effects of wind power with a focus on the effect on reindeer in summer pasture in the forest.

Published: 22 December 2022 - Page editor: marie.liljeholm@slu.se

Loading…