Condition, Potential Recovery Rate, and Productivity of Lichen (Cladonia spp.) Ranges in the Finnish Reindeer Management Area

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kumpula, Jouko, Colpaert, Alfred, Nieminen, Mauri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: Rangifer; reindeer; Cladonia; lichen; pastures; condition; recovery; productivity; renne; pâturages; qualité; récupération; productivité; Renne; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63902

The focus of the work was to investigate dependency between reindeer density and lichen (Cladonia spp.) ranges in the Finnish semidomesticated reindeer management area. Secondly, we formed a model on the recovery rate of ungrazed woodland lichen ranges (29 sites) after forest fires to evaluate the p...