Lichen Recovery Following Heavy Grazing by Reindeer Delayed by Climate Warming
Introduced reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, overexploited lichen-rich plant communities on St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea. A die-off of the reindeer followed, exacerbated by extreme weather in 1964, resulting in extirpation of the reindeer. A similar pattern of removal of lichens as major componen...
Published in: | AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment |
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Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2009
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-38.1.11 |