Long- and short-term effects of reindeer grazing on tundra wetland vegetation

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-261

  Kitti, Heidi ^a   Forbes, Bruce C ^a   Oksanen, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eriophorum angustifolium; Fennoscandia; Herbivory; Rangifer tarandus; Salix lapponum; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; MAMMAL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; TUNDRA; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CAREX; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SALIX; SALIX LAPPONUM;

EID: 58149507969     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0526-9     Document Type: Article

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