Terrain selection by reindeer in late winter in central Norway

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-347

  Nellemann, Christian ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

forage; reindeer; snow; terrain; winter

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

HABITAT USE; LICHEN HEATH; REINDEER; SNOW; WINTER;

NORWAY, SNOHETTA;

EID: 0030299122     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1209     Document Type: Article

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