Do Svalbard reindeer regulate standing crop in the absence of predators? A test of the 'exploitation ecosystems' model

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 202-206

  Wegener, Christina ^a   Odasz Albrigtsen, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Compensation; Forage plants; Graminoids; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; STANDING CROP; UNGULATE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALOPECURUS; CASSIOPE; LUZUDA; LUZULA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SALIX;

EID: 0031669458     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050580     Document Type: Article

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