Does forest harvesting and linear infrastructure change the usability value of pastureland for semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)?

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-178

  Kumpula, Jouko ^a   Colpaert, Alfred ^b   Anttonen, Marja ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; HOME RANGE; LICHEN; PASTURE; RUMINANT; SUBARCTIC REGION; TRACKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 34447565956     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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