Reindeer Herding in Transition: Feedbacks Between Climate, Caribou, and Local Communities in Northwest Alaska.

转型中的驯鹿放牧：阿拉斯加西北部气候、驯鹿和当地社区之间的反馈。

• 批准号: 9979473
• 负责人: Knut Kielland
• 金额: $ 124.84万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-12-01 至 2005-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9979473&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Reindeer; Herding; Transition; Feedbacks; Between

Significant change has occurred in reindeer herding in the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, due to the migration of large numbers of the Western Arctic Herd caribou onto the Peninsula in winter. This research would study the environmental and socio-economic conditions of this change. The work would identify climate factors that influence herding practices and would evaluate the role of reindeer herding in the subsistence economy. The research will examine the ecological impacts of caribou grazing on ecosystem sustainability. Finally, it would model the socio-economic consequences of losses via migration out of the region and via range deterioration as well as changes in herd management in order to design strategies for herd management that would mitigate these impacts. The work would involve local and educational communities.

由于冬季大量西北极驯鹿迁徙到阿拉斯加苏厄德半岛，阿拉斯加苏厄德半岛的驯鹿放牧发生了重大变化。 这项研究将研究这种变化的环境和社会经济条件。 这项工作将确定影响放牧实践的气候因素，并评估驯鹿放牧在自给经济中的作用。 该研究将研究驯鹿放牧对生态系统可持续性的生态影响。 最后，它将对因迁出该地区、范围恶化以及牛群管理变化而造成的损失的社会经济后果进行建模，以便设计能够减轻这些影响的牛群管理策略。 这项工作将涉及当地和教育界。