Rapid recovery of recently overexploited winter grazing pastures for reindeer in northern Norway

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Tømmervik, Hans ^a   Bjerke, Jarle W ^a   Gaare, Eldar ^a   Johansen, Bernt ^b   Thannheiser, Dietbert ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Northern Research Institute (Norut)   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Herbivory; Lichens; Management; Recovery; Reindeer; Sustainability; Winter grazing

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER TARANDUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84155163039     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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