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12 th Arctic Ungulate Conference, Yakutsk 2007 – Proceedings Arctic Ungulate Conference, Yakutsk Proceedings 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference (AUC) Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia 8 – 13 August 2007 Rangifer, Special Issue No. 18, 2009 RANGIFER Research, Management and Husbandry of Reindeer and other Northern Ungulates Volume 29, Issue 3, 2009 - Special Issue No. 18 Rangifer Publisher: Nordic Council for Reindeer Husbandry Research (NOR) Nordisk organ for reindriftsforskning (NOR) Nordiskt organ för rennäringsforskning (NOR) Pohjoismainen poronhoidontutkimuselin (NOR) Davviriikkaid boazodoallodutkamiid orgána (NOR) Organisation number: NO 974 810 867 Editor: Rolf Egil Haugerud Address: c/o Centre for Sami Studies University of Tromsø N-9037 Tromsø Norway E-mail: [email protected] Web address: www.rangifer.no Telephone: +47 77 64 69 09 Telefax: +47 77 64 55 10 Mobile phone: +47 414 16 833 Bank: Sparebank1 Nord-Norge N-9298 Tromsø, Norway IBAN no. 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ISSN 1890-6729 online Printed edition is also available (ISSN 0801-6399) Print: Lundblad Media AS, Tromsø, Norway Special Issue No. 18 RANGIFER Proceedings of the Twelfth Arctic Ungulate Conference Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) The Russian Federation 8–13 August 2007 Special Issue No. 18 RANGIFER Proceedings of the 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference Editors: Arnoldus S. Blix & Rolf E. Haugerud Published by Nordic Council for Reindeer Husbandry Research (NOR) Tromsø, Norway 2009 About the conference’ logo The logo for the 12th AUC is created by Anatoly and Nikolay Alexeev based on a 3500 to 4000 year old Scythian rock carving of a reindeer from the Sukhanikha area of the upper Yenisei which was copied from N.L. Chlenov (1962). Scythian Reindeer. Proc. and Invest. Archeology. Moscow, USSR. Texts from this special issue shall be cited as follows Author name(s). 2009. Title of abstract. – In: Proceedings of the 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference, Yakutsk, 2007. – Rangifer Special Issue No. 18: pp-pp. RANGIFER Special Issue 2009 No. 18 Contents Page The 12th AUC, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia 8-13 August 2007 Preface ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Conference participants and opening panel (Photos) ................................................................................... 9 Conference organizers ...............................................................................................................................11 Conference programme ............................................................................................................................ 12 Opening address by A.I. Stepanov.............................................................................................................15 Opening address by A.S. Blix ...................................................................................................................18 Photos ......................................................................................................................................................19 Abstracts of presentations – 12th AUC 2007 .............................................................................................21 Photos ..................................................................................................................................................... 63 Rangifer, Special Issue No. 18, 2009 5 6 Rangifer, Special Issue No. 18, 2009 Preface The series of Arctic Ungulate Conferences (AUC) was started by an initiative by Jack Luick, David Klein and Robert White, who organized the First International Reindeer/Caribou Symposium, held at Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1972. Then 7 years went by until the Second International Reindeer/Caribou Symposium was held at Røros, Norway, in 1979. Thereafter International Reindeer/Caribou Symposia were organized on a tri-annual basis: the Third at Saariselkä, Finland, in 1982, the Fourth at Whitehorse, Canada, in 1985, the Fifth at Arvidsjaur, Sweden, in 1988 and the Sixth was due to be held at Nuuk, Greenland, in 1991. However, in 1984, a First International Muskox Symposium was held at Fairbanks, Alaska, later to be followed by the Second International Muskox Symposium at Saskatoon, Canada, in 1987. At the time of the Nuuk symposium in 1991 it was realized that there was not enough material to go around for both tri- annual reindeer/caribou and muskox symposia, since both meetings were pretty much catering for the same group of people. It was therefore decided that a conference dealing with all arctic ungulates should be held every four years, and the Nuuk meeting therefore became the First International Arctic Ungulate Confer- ence in 1991. The Second International Arctic Ungulate Conference was held in due time at Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1995, but at the time for the third conference it had become clear that the terminology, based on three different series of conferences, was confusing and it was therefore decided that the next meeting would become the 10th International Arctic Ungulate Conference at Tromsø, Norway, in 1999. Thereafter the 11th International Arctic Ungulate Conference was held at Saariselkä, Finland, in 2003 and the 12th at Yakutsk, Russia, in 2007. The year 2007 was a significant moment for Russia and Yakutia with reference to such events as the celebration of the 375th Anniversary of Yakutian unification with the Russia, the foundation of Yakutsk, and the International Polar Year (2007-2009). The present conference at Yakutsk was organized as part of the meeting of the International Forum on Study and Conservation of the Arctic Wildlife with the Department of National Affairs and Federal Relations of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of Russian Federation as principal organizer. Within this framework, the following meetings took place in Yakutsk 8-13 August 2007: • The 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference (AUC) • The 3rd International Conferences on Migrating Birds of Asian Pacific Region (ICM) • Round Table on International Aspects of Protection and Usage of Wild Life of Arctic Region. The present proceedings are based in part on the abstract collection that had been published in Russian before the conference by V.M. Safranov (ed.) and includes abstracts of the papers that were presented at the 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference. The production of the proceedings is a result of cooperation between the organizers in Yakutsk (Russia), the Arctic Ungulate Society (AUS) and the Nordic Council for Reindeer Husbandry Research (NOR), with finan- cial support from the Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Development Fund. We thank Maria Nakhshina for translation services. The editors Rangifer, Special Issue No. 18, 2009 7 8 Rangifer, Special Issue No. 18, 2009 Rangifer, Photograph of participants SpecialIssueNo. 18,2009 The participants at the International Forum on Study and Conservation of the Arctic Wildlife, including the 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference, outside the Russian drama theatre, named after A. S. Pushkin, where the opening ceremony took place. Photo: The Organizers. 9 Panel of dignitaries at the opening ceremony of International Forum on Study and Conservation of the Arctic Wildlife. From left: Arnoldus S. Blix, President of the International Arctic Ungulate Society (AUS); Ayal Stepanov, Deputy Chairman of Government of the Republic of Sakha; Claire Mirande, Director of the International Foundation of Cranes; Minacshi Nagendran, Representative of US Fish and Game Service; Rolf E. Haugerud, Secretary General of the Nordic Council for Reindeer Husbandry Research (NOR); Anatolyi F. Kovshar, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Kazakhstan; Anatoly Alexeev, Coordinator of the 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference (AUC). Additional to a series of welcoming addresses from some of the above and numerous others the opening ceremony offered an impressive display of traditional Yakutian dances and other cultural displays. Photo: B. Inga. 10 Rangifer, Special Issue No. 18, 2009 Organizers Organizing Institutions Department of National Affairs and Federal Relations of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of Russian Federation; Institute of Cryolite Zone Biological Problems of Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Yakutsk Research and Development Institute of Agriculture; Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Yakutsk State University. Organizing Committee of the International Forum on Study and Conservation of the Arctic Wildlife A. Stepanov – deputy chairman of government of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), chairman of organizing committee; A. Migalkin – chief of department of national affairs and federative relations of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),