Use of vegetation types by Svalbard reindeer from Arctic winter to spring

Polar Record

Volumn 39, Issue 210, 2003, Pages 245-247

  Lindner, Elke ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; GRAZING; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0043068303     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0032247403213176     Document Type: Article

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