Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia
Reindeer were introduced 70 years ago to the Stromness Bay area on the subantarctic island of South Georgia, and the herd is still surviving. Two glaciers confine the herd, and movements are restricted even within the area due to a rugged topography. The Husvik herd has recently expanded its range w...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:516674 2023-05-15T18:01:59+02:00 Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia Moen, Jon MacAlister, Hector 1994-10 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516674/ https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239049 unknown Springer Moen, Jon; MacAlister, Hector. 1994 Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia. Polar Biology, 14 (7). 459-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239049 <https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239049> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1994 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239049 2023-02-04T19:44:43Z Reindeer were introduced 70 years ago to the Stromness Bay area on the subantarctic island of South Georgia, and the herd is still surviving. Two glaciers confine the herd, and movements are restricted even within the area due to a rugged topography. The Husvik herd has recently expanded its range within this area, and today approximately 88% of the vegetated area is affected by grazing. The grazing effects are described, and the value of the introduction as a natural experiment is discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Biology Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Stromness ENVELOPE(-36.716,-36.716,-54.156,-54.156) Stromness Bay ENVELOPE(-36.640,-36.640,-54.153,-54.153) Polar Biology 14 7 |
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Reindeer were introduced 70 years ago to the Stromness Bay area on the subantarctic island of South Georgia, and the herd is still surviving. Two glaciers confine the herd, and movements are restricted even within the area due to a rugged topography. The Husvik herd has recently expanded its range within this area, and today approximately 88% of the vegetated area is affected by grazing. The grazing effects are described, and the value of the introduction as a natural experiment is discussed. |
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Moen, Jon MacAlister, Hector |
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Moen, Jon MacAlister, Hector Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia |
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Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia |
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Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia |
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Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia |
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Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia |
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Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia |
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continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on south georgia |
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1994 |
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Moen, Jon; MacAlister, Hector. 1994 Continued range expansion of introduced reindeer on South Georgia. Polar Biology, 14 (7). 459-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239049 <https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239049> |
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