Can reindeer husbandry management slow down the shrubification of the Arctic?

• Main Authors: Verma, M, Schulte To Bühne, H, Lopes, M, Ehrich, D, Sokovnina, S, Hofhuis, SP, Pettorelli, N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Climate change; Grazing; Satellite remote sensing; Semi-domesticated reindeer; Shrubification; Tundra; Animals; Arctic Regions; Ecosystem; Reindeer; Yamal Peninsula; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114848/3/Pettorelli_Can%20reindeer%20husbandry%20management%20slow%20down%20the%20shrubification%20of%20the%20Arctic_AAM.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114848/

Rapid climate change is threatening the stability and functioning of Arctic ecosystems. As the Arctic warms, shrubs have been widely observed to expand, which has potentially serious consequences for global climate regulation and for the ecological processes characterising these ecosystems. However,...