Publications

ossification of the antler in the lapland reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus).	a histological and histochemical study of biopsy specimens from the lapland reindeer antler indicated that the intercellular matrix of the cartilage that forms the partitions of longitudinal channels becomes calcified at virtually the initial stage of formation. the lacunae at the peripheries of the cartilaginous partitions are invaded by osteoblasts in a process comparable to endochondral ossification. the very centres of the partitions evidently become directly converted into bone without the ...	1990	2368591
parasitism of the deer ked, lipoptena cervi, on the moose, alces alces, in eastern finland.	the deer ked, lipoptena cervi l. (diptera: hippoboscidae), is an ectoparasitic fly that spread to finland in the early 1960s from the southeast across the soviet border. it is currently a common parasite of the moose, alces alces (artiodactyla: cervidae), in the southern part of the country and its area of distribution is gradually spreading to finnish lapland, where it will come into contact with another potential cervid host, the semi-domesticated reindeer, rangifer tarandus tarandus. the aim ...	2010	20868432