Co-feeding between Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea) and Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)

Arctic

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Pedersen, A O ^a   Lier, M ^b   Routti, H ^c   Christiansen, H H ^d   Fuglei, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Co feeding; Feeding crater; Meteorological data; Reindeer; Rock ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; RUMINANT; SURVEYING;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33646063181     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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