11 articles in this issue
K.-H. Kiessling, A. Kiessling, K. Nilssen, I.-L. Andersson
Enzyme activities and fibre properties in four muscles from Svalbard reindeer, collected during the summer, have been compared with corresponding muscles during the winter. In two muscles, gluteobiceps and semimembranosus, oxidative capacity is higher in ... see more
Torstein H. Garmo
The chemical composition and in vitro dry matter digestibility of 45 samples of different species of lichen are reported. Mean content (g/100 g dry matter) of the main nutrients was: crude protein 4.2, crude fat 3.2, crude fibre 16.6, ash 1.9, Ca 0.15, P ... see more
Several plant species from the following plant groups: ferns + horsetails, lichens, conifers (juniper), three leaves (Salix spp., Betula spp., Populus tremula, Sorbus aucuparid), heathers, grassens, rushes/sedges and forbs were collected in a mountain are... see more
Katarina Kupiainen, Mauri Nieminen
Reindeer husbandry and forestry are practised in Finland in the same areas and practisers of these sources of livelihood not been able to avoid conflicts. Large clear-cutting and ploughed areas especially have diminshed the reindeer's winter ranges. In wi... see more
Karstein Bye
The main principle behind the construction is a box hanging in a compound stand. Two tension cells between the box and the stand record weight, and signals pass to an amplifier which shows the weight on a display. The box is made of wood, but the doors at... see more
Sven Skjenneberg, Gustaf Åhman, Mauri Nieminen
Norge: 1) Forskningsavd ved Reindriftsadministrasjonen. 2) Avd. for arktisk biologi, Univ. i Tromsø 3) Viltforskningen ved DN, Trondheim 4) Institutt for biologi og geologi, Univ. i Tromsø 5) Institutt for husdyrnæring, Norges landbrukshøgskole 6) Institu... see more
Sven Skjenneberg (ed.)
The thesis was approved for the Phil. dr. 's degree at the University of Bamberg, West-Germany. The dissertation took place in Bamberg February 29, 1984. A shortened version is published as Vol No. I of «Bamberger Wirtschafts-geographishe Arbeiten» (with ... see more
S.G. Fancy successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis, «Daily energy budgets of caribou: a simulation approach», at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, on March 12, 1986.