Land use and land cover change in Arctic Russia: Ecological and social implications of industrial development

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 550-562

  Kumpula, Timo ^a   Pajunen, Anu ^b   Kaarlejärvi, Elina ^b   Forbes, Bruce C ^b   Stammler, Florian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human impact; Nenets nomadism; Off road traffic; Oil gas activities; Reindeer; Remote sensing; Salix

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEER; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERAL ORGANISM; GRASSLAND; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NOMADIC PEOPLE; PASTORALISM; QUICKBIRD; REGENERATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; SEDGE; SHRUBLAND; SOCIAL IMPACT; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAREX; POACEAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SALIX;

EID: 79956276671     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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