High species turnover and decreasing plant species richness on mountain summits in Sweden: Reindeer grazing overrides climate change?

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 382-395

  Moen, Jon ^a   Lagerström, Anna ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; HISTORICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAMPLING; TURNOVER; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 46049085799     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-031)[MOEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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