Lemming grazing data, Kilpisjärvi NW Finland, 1956-1970

• Main Author: Kilpisjärvi Biological Station
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
• Subjects: Lemming; Lemmus lemmus; Grazing; mosses; lichens; graminoids; Kilpisjärvi; Norwegian lemming; Lapland
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/tuomas.6.4

Data package contains information of the Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus) winter grazing in the Kilpisjärvi area, NW Finland, in 1956 to 1970. Data is mainly unpublished and collected by numerous people. Data was collected during years when the lemming desities we high i.e. in 1956, 1960-1961 and 1969-1970. Data is collected by measuring coverage percentages of mosses, lichens and graminoids in one squaremeter plots. Level of precision in taxa varies year to year (from species to genus level).