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

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...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Horstkotte, Tim, Moen, Jon, Lämås, Tomas, Helle, Timo
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Subjects:
Research Article
Alectoria
Northern Sweden
reindeer husbandry
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3241682
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22194912
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028779
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Summary: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 forestry has impacted lichen availability from the 1920's to the present day and model its future development assuming different forest management scenarios.

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