Reindeer Pasture Biomass Assessment Using Satellite Remote Sensing

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Colpaert, Alfred, Kumpula, Jouko, Nieminen, Mauri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: reindeer; Rangifer tarandus tarandus L; pasture mapping; Landsat-5; summer pastures; winter pastures; lichens; renne; cartographie de pâturages; estives; pâturages d'hiver; Champignons; Les Prairies; Renne; Arctic; Nord de la Finlande; Northern Finland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63669

The present state of reindeer winter and summer pastures in northern Finland has been mapped using field sampling, remote sensing, and GIS. The winter pasture inventory was made during 1995-96 and the summer pasture inventory during 1997-98. Winter pastures can be divided into ground lichen and arbo...