Effects of laboratory simulated grazing on biomass of the perennial Arctic grass Dupontia fisheri from Svalbard: Evidence of overcompensation

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 496-502

  Wegener, Christina ^a   Odasz, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUPONTIA FISHERI; PHIPPSIA NEOARCTICA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; POACEAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS PLATYRHYNCHUS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS; CLIPPING; GRAZING; GRAZING PRESSURE; OVERCOMPENSATION; REINDEER;

EID: 0030617601     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546893     Document Type: Article

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