Removal of the lichen mat by reindeer enhances tree growth in a northern Scots pine forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2981-2993

  Marc Fauria, Macias ^a,b,c,d   Helle, Timo ^c   Niva, Aarno ^c   Posio, Heikki ^c   Timonen, Mauri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Finnish Forest Institute   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SOILS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

20TH CENTURIES; AIR TEMPERATURES; BOREAL FORESTS; DIVERGENCE PROBLEMS; GROWING SEASONS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; NORTHERN LATITUDES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; SCOTS PINE FORESTS; SCOTS PINES; SNOWMELT; SOIL SPRINGS; SOIL TEMPERATURES; SOIL WARMING; SUMMER CLIMATES; SUMMER TEMPERATURES; TREE GROWTHS; TREES GROWING;

GROWTH (MATERIALS);

CARBON; EVERGREEN TREE; GRAZING; GROWTH; LICHEN; MAMMAL; SNOWMELT; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

COMPONENTS; FORESTRY; GROWTH; SOIL; SPRINGS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 57849165139     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-135     Document Type: Article

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