Floral Herbivory of Dryas octopetala by Svalbard Reindeer

• Main Authors: Cooper, Elisabeth J, Wookey, Philip
• Other Authors: Norwegian Polar Institute, Biological and Environmental Sciences, orcid:0000-0001-5957-6424
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: INSTAAR, University of Colorado 2003
• Subjects: Blomstrand; Svalbard; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic; Dryas octopetala; Rangifer tarandus; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; svalbard reindeer; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26394; https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0369:FHODOB]2.0.CO;2; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/26394/1/1552572.pdf

In polar semidesert communities of northwest Spitsbergen the reproductive potential of keystone vascular plant species, such as Diyas octopetala, is currently being constrained by low summer temperatures, resulting in the infrequent production of viable seeds. This study tests the hypothesis that su...