Willow bud and shoot foraging by ptarmigan in relation to snow level in NW Finnish Lapland

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-624

  Hakkarainen, Helena ^a   Virtanen, Risto ^b   Honkanen, Jani O ^a   Roininen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest tundra ecotone; Growth strategy; Herbivory; Ramet survival; Reproductive success; Woody plant

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; ECOTONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAMEBIRD; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; RAMET; SHRUB; SNOW COVER; SURVIVAL; TUNDRA; WOODY PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 33847729927     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0221-7     Document Type: Article

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