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Original Articles

Misreading the Arctic landscape: A political ecology of reindeer, carrying capacities, and overstocking in Finnmark, Norway

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Pages 219-229 | Received 04 Feb 2014, Accepted 25 Aug 2014, Published online: 11 Jun 2015

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