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

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Table 3 Distribution of zoning units (areas and provinces) and reindeer number by landscape zones and cultural type of reindeer husbandry

Landscape zones	Cultural types of reindeer herding
	Samoyed			Tungus			Chukchi-Koriaks			Saian			Others
	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
Tundra	1.S1	3.5	≈	1.T	3.3	+	1.Ch	9.8	–	x			x
	1.S2	16.2	+
	1.S3	55.6	+
Taiga	I.WS	3.3	≈	II.T	3.1	–	x			x			II.WE	0.0	–
Mountains	III.1	0.9	+	III.2	3.4	–	x			III.4	0.1	–	x
Mountains	III.1	0.9	+	III.3	0.9	–	x			III.4	0.1	–	x

1—index of units on the map (Fig. 1); 2—number of reindeer (% from the total reindeer number in Russia); 3—trends: growth, + ; reduction, –; about the same level, ≈