Climate, icing, and wild arctic reindeer: Past relationships and future prospects

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1917-1923

  Hansen, Brage Bremset ^a   Aanes, Ronny ^b   Herfindal, Ivar ^a   Kohler, Jack ^b,c   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Oli, M K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Tungasletta 2   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caribou; Climate change; Forage accessibility; Herbivore; Ice; Population dynamics; Rain on snow; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; ROS; Svalbard reindeer; Ungulat; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ICE; RAIN; SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; FUTURE PROSPECT; HERBIVORE; POPULATION GROWTH; SAMPLING; SNOWPACK; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REINDEER; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ICE; NORWAY; PLANTS; RAIN; REINDEER; SEASONS; SNOW;

ARCTIC;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 80053588719     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0095.1     Document Type: Article

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