Impacts of winter feeding of reindeer on vegetation and soil in the sub-Arctic: insights from a feeding experiment
The overall impacts of winter feeding, including the effects of both forage and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), were studied in an experiment in the Hammastunturi herding cooperative (68°N), Finland, with 300 reindeer in a sub-xeric heath forest (35 ha) during March/April 2009 and 2010. The...
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Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2013-03-01
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Series: | Polar Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/18610/pdf_1 |