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Table 1 The spatial geographical system of landscape zones and regions, reflecting basic patterns of reindeer husbandry

From: Geographical variability and cultural diversity of reindeer pastoralism in northern Russia: delimitation of areas with different types of reindeer husbandry

Unit index and names

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I. Tundra reindeer husbandry zone

1488.5

 + 0.473

0.10

 I. S. Area of Samoyedic tundra reindeer husbandry

1218.1

 + 1.550

0.47

  I.S1. Kola province

53.7

 + 0.321

0.15

  I.S2. Province of east European tundra reindeer husbandry

259.4

 + 0.352

0.14

  I.S3. Province of West Siberian tundra reindeer husbandry

905.0

 + 1.968

0.45

   I.S3.1. Ural-Iamal region

144.3

 + 2.037

0.25

   I.S3.2. Iamal region

315.3

 + 1.502

0.29

   I.S3.3. Gyda region

271.9

 + 2.583

0.31

   I.S3.4. Near-Enisey region

104.8

 + 5.164

0.82

   I.S3.5. Nadym-Purovsky region

68.7

 − 1.653

0.52

 I.T. Tungus tundra reindeer husbandry area

41.7

 + 3.282

0.84

  I.T.1. Dolgan reindeer husbandry region of eastern Taimyr and western Iakutia

20.5

 + 2.246

0.42

  I.T.2. Northern Iakutia Even, Evenk and Iukaghir reindeer husbandry region

21.2

 + 4.284

0.97

 I.Ch. Area of Chukotka-Koriak tundra reindeer husbandry

228.7

 − 5.969

0.95

  I.Ch.1. Central Chukotka tundra region (Chukchi reindeer husbandry with participation of Chuvans and Evenks)

187.5

 − 6.524

0.93

  I.Ch.2. Tundra region of northeast Chukotka (Chukchi reindeer husbandry)

13.2

 − 6.762

0.79

  I.Ch.3. Tundra region of South-Eastern Chukotka (Chukchi reindeer husbandry)

6.46

 − 2.213

0.27

  I.Ch.4. Koriak-Chukotka region (Koriak, Chukchi, and Even reindeer husbandry)

21.6 1

 − 1.840

0.08

II. Zone of taiga reindeer husbandry

113.9

 − 0.521

0.19

 II.WE. The area of east European taiga reindeer husbandry: the Kola province

1.4

 − 1.677

0.48

 II.WS. Western Siberian taiga reindeer husbandry area

61.1

 − 4.409

0.01

  II.WS.1. Region of Western Siberian taiga reindeer husbandry of the Khanty and forest Nenets

58.8

 − 1.876

0.41

  II.WS.2. Selkup and Evenk reindeer husbandry region

2.3

 − 0.045

0.00

 II.T. Tungus taiga reindeer husbandry area

51.4

 − 13.558

0.36

  II.T1. Western Evenk reindeer husbandry province

0.70

 + 0.747

0.10

  II.T2. Province of Evenki-Iakut reindeer husbandry

44.2

 + 1.144

0.18

  II.T3. Far East province of Evenk and Uilta reindeer husbandry

6.5

 − 9.667

0.26

III. Mountain reindeer husbandry zone

106.8

 − 6.087

0.78

 III.1 Ural area of Samoyedic reindeer husbandry

12.2

 + 4.190

0.07

 III.2 East-Iakutsk area of Tungus (Even) reindeer husbandry

72.5

 − 6.940

0.92

 III.3 Magadan-Kamchatka area of Tungus (Even) reindeer husbandry

24.9

 − 8.696

0.87

 III. 4. South Siberian Saian reindeer husbandry area

2.6

 + 3.028

0.06

  III. 4.1. Tofalar reindeer husbandry region

0.35

 + 2.179

0.18

  III. 4.2. Tuvinian reindeer husbandry region

2.3

 + 2.755

0.08

  III. 4.3. Soiot reindeer husbandry region

0.05

 + 4.590

0.30

  1. The table presents the legend on the map (Fig. 1)
  2. Key symbols: 1—number of domesticated reindeer, average 2010–2019, thousand; 2—reindeer number regression coefficient, 2010–2010 (calculated using Microsoft Excel’s SLOPE function; prior to calculation the data have been normalised to the period average); 3—Pearson determination coefficient (calculated using Microsoft Excel’s RSQ function)