Effects of modern forest management on winter grazing resources for reindeer in Sweden

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Kivinen, Sonja ^a   Moen, Jon ^b   Berg, Anna ^c   Eriksson, Åsa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forestry; Lichens; Reindeer herding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; LICHEN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SITE PREPARATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; REINDEER; SEASON; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; REINDEER; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 77955655264     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0044-1     Document Type: Article

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