Recent changes in mountain birch forest structure and understory vegetation depend on the seasonal timing of reindeer grazing

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Stark, Sari, Ylänne, Henni, Kumpula, Jouko
• Other Authors: James, Jeremy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: reindeer; lichens; Subarctic; browsing; vegetation change; Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/3; name=Plant biology; microbiology; virology; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/1; name=Ecology; evolutionary biology; Big Mountain; Crowberry; Empetrum nigrum; Rangifer tarandus; Tundra
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/47dede92-c5b1-4637-a875-63b0ca95910a; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13847; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101374215&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85101374215&partnerID=8YFLogxK

1: Subarctic forest-tundra ecotones dominated by mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) are an important habitat for semi-domestic reindeer Rangifer tarandus. The seasonal timing of reindeer grazing may direct vegetation trajectories in these systems, because in the summer ranges, mount...