The Role of Lichens, Reindeer, and Climate in Ecosystem Change on a Bering Sea Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Klein, David R., Shulski, Martha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: lichens; reindeer; Pribilof Islands; grazing pressure; climate change; island ecosystem; lichenometry; fur seals; lichen; renne; îles Pribilov; taux de charge des pâturages; changement climatique; écosystème de l’île; lichenométrie; otarie à fourrure; Bering Sea; Change Island; Découverte; Renne; Saint-Paul; Arctic; Mer de Béring; Rangifer tarandus; Callorhinus ursinus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67171

Archived reports from an international controversy in the early 1890s over management of the harvest of fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus, on the Pribilof Islands in the southeastern Bering Sea provided an unanticipated record of observations on the growth of lichens in association with the prevailing...