##  [The Decreasing Availability of Reindeer Forage in Boreal Forests During Snow Cover Periods: A Sámi Pastoral Landscape Perspective in Sweden](/resource/decreasing-availability-reindeer-forage-boreal-forests-during-snow-cover-periods-sami) 

Organization

[Lund University](/organization/lund-university)

 

 

Resource Type

[Peer reviewed article](/taxonomy/term/37)

 

 

Author(s)

David Harnesk

 

 

Original Authors

David Harnesk

 

 

Resource Date:

June

2022

 

Page Length

16

 

 

This paper argues that Sámi reindeer pastoralism in Sweden is highly stressed during the critical snow cover periods due to large-scale human interventions, especially forestry, and that these have over time significantly worsened the ecological conditions for natural grazing-based responses to changing snow conditions caused by climate change.