Past grazing habitats for Svalbard reindeer indicated by the pollen content of 3300-year-old faeces from Edgeøya, Svalbard

Grana

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-50

  Bjune, Anne Elisabeth ^a   Mangerud, Jan ^b   Moe, Dagfinn ^b  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; FECES; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; POLLEN;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EDGEOYA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICACEAE; PEDICULARIS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SAXIFRAGA NIVALIS; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA;

EID: 15044364848     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130410005564     Document Type: Article

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