On the decline of ground lichen forests in the Swedish boreal landscape: Implications for reindeer husbandry and sustainable forest management

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 415-429

  Sandström, Per ^a   Cory, Neil ^a   Svensson, Johan ^a   Hedenås, Henrik ^a   Jougda, Leif ^b   Borchert, Nanna ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Forest Agency   (Sweden)

^c The Sami Parliament   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Large ungulate grazing; Long term monitoring; Reindeer lichen; Swedish National Forest Inventory; Traditional land use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; LAND USE PLANNING; LICHEN; LIVESTOCK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

SWEDEN;

CLADONIA RANGIFERINA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FORESTRY; LICHEN (ORGANISM); PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LICHENS; REINDEER; SWEDEN;

EID: 84954150868     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0759-0     Document Type: Article

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