Climate Change and Goose Grazing on Svalbard’s Tundra

Change in Arctic climate has direct effects on the growth and productivity of tundra vegetation and indirect effects through climate induced changes in herbivore intensity. Herbivores have huge potential to modify both species composition and biomass through selective grazing, intensity of grazing a...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth Cooper, Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir, Dominique Chaput, Dries Kuijper, Maarten Loonen, Astrid Pahud, Sofie Sjögersten, Richard Ubels, René Van Der Wal, Sarah Woodin, Ad Huiskes
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Arctic
Climate change
Tundra
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.605.8391
http://www.maartenloonen.nl/literatuur/acia2004cooper.pdf
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Summary:Change in Arctic climate has direct effects on the growth and productivity of tundra vegetation and indirect effects through climate induced changes in herbivore intensity. Herbivores have huge potential to modify both species composition and biomass through selective grazing, intensity of grazing and trampling, and nutrient turnover through feces

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