The Legacy of Logging—Estimating Arboreal Lichen Occurrence in a Boreal Multiple-Use Landscape on a Two Century Scale

• Main Authors: Tim Horstkotte, Jon Moen, Timo Helle
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alectoria; Northern Sweden; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.287.7366

In northern Sweden, the availability of arboreal lichens (Bryoria fuscescens, Alectoria sarmentosa) as winter grazing resources is an important element in reindeer husbandry. With the industrialization of forestry, forests rich in arboreal lichens have diminished considerably. Here, we analyze how f...