Climate, snow, ice, crashes, and declines in populations of reindeer and caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.)

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-219

  Tyler, N J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arctic; Caribou; Climate change; Global warming; Ice; Mortality; Population crash; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer; Snow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; MORTALITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; SNOW; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77951720936     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1070.1     Document Type: Review

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