Impacts of semi-domesticated reindeer on structure of tundra and forest communities in Fennoscandia: a review

By Otso Suominen, J. Olofsson. 2000

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1. Heidi Kitti
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3. J. Olofsson
4. R. Virtanen
5. R. Ims
6. Jari Oksanen
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• Impact of reindeer grazing on ground‐dwelling Carabidae and Curculionidae assemblages in Lapland (2003, unknown): “Trampling and grazing by reindeer have been considered major factors in controlling forest ground vegetation in northern Finland, especially in lichen rich oligotrophic forests (Väre et al. 1995, 1996, Suominen and Olofsson 2000).”
• Importance of large and small mammalian herbivores for the plant community structure in the forest tundra ecotone (2004, background): “Supplemental feeding and protection from predators and parasites have been claimed to create artificially high reindeer densities ( Suominen and Olofsson 2000, Moen and Danell 2003).”
• The effects of reindeer grazing on the composition and species richness of vegetation in forest–tundra ecotone (2008, background): “Earlier studies conWrm that reindeer grazing and trampling strongly reduce the abundance of lichens (Helle and Aspi 1983; Väre et al. 1996; Suominen and Olofsson 2000; Hansen et al. 2007) and that the recovery of lichens after disturbance is slow (Henry and Gunn 1991; Hansen et al.”
• Long- and short-term effects of reindeer grazing on tundra wetland vegetation (2009, background): “received less attention than winter grazing (Suominen and Olofsson 2000), but during the last decade there has been more research on the eVect of grazing and trampling on summer pastures (Virtanen 1998; Bråthen and Oksanen 2001; Olofsson et al.”
• Can Reindeer Overabundance Cause a Trophic Cascade? (2007, background): “Strong direct impacts of reindeer on vegetation in Finnmark have been demonstrated ( Suominen and Olofsson 2000; Bra uthen and Oksanen 2001; Bra uthen and others, (in press).”
• The Role of Moose as a Disturbance Factor in Managed Boreal Forests (2002, background): “Bergström and Hjeljord (1987) and Danell et al. (1994) reviewed interactions between moose and trees on different spatial scales, and Suominen and Olofsson (2000) recently reviewed reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) – forest vegetation interactions.”
• Effects of reindeer browsing on tundra willow and its associated insect herbivores (2004, background): “Intense grazing and browsing may lead to changes in vegetation patterns (Leader-Williams, Smith & Rothery 1987; Oksanen, Moen & Helle 1995; Suominen & Olofsson 2000; Augustine & McNaughton 2004) and, in the worst case, a loss of productivity of the most preferred food plants.”