Decrease of lichens in Arctic ecosystems: the role of wildfire, caribou, reindeer, competition and climate in north-western Alaska

We review and present a synthesis of the existing research dealing with changing Arctic tundra ecosystems, in relation to caribou and reindeer winter ranges. Whereas pan-Arctic studies have documented the effects on tundra vegetation from simulated climate change, we draw upon recent long-term regio...

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Published in:	Polar research Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 433 - 442
Main Authors:	Joly, Kyle, Jandt, Randi R., Klein, David R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Routledge 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Climate warming disturbance fire Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology grazing Lichenes lichens Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution Rangifer tarandus Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Thallophyta Arctic Region Competition disturbance Climate Temperature grazing Environmental factor Biomass Climatic zone Fungi Seward Peninsula Ecosystem Fires Alaska fire Polar region Climate warming Ungulata Warming Browsing Fodder Vegetation dynamics Perturbation Dynamical climatology Climate change Vertebrata Mammalia Rangifer tarandus Global change Lichenes lichens Vegetation fire Artiodactyla Tundra
ISSN:	0800-0395, 1751-8369, 1751-8369
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