Reindeer influence on ecosystem processes in the tundra

By J. Olofsson, S. Stark, Lauri Oksanen. 2004

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Soil Science

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The effects of reindeer grazing on the composition and species richness of vegetation in forest–tundra ecotone (2008, background): “The discrepancy between cover and thickness of bryophyte cover may complicate the evaluation of the role of the bryophyte layer regarding the temperature and decomposition rates of soils ( Olofsson et al. 2004; van der Wal and Brooker 2004).”
Impact of climate change on zooplankton communities, seabird populations and arctic terrestrial ecosystem—A scenario (2007, unknown): “…and Garkavaya, 1975; Galkina, 1977; Krzyszowska, 1992; Bakker and Loonen, 1998; Wegener and Odasz-Albrigtsen, 1998; Jefferies and Rockwell, 2002; Juchnowicz-Bierbasz and RakusaSuszczewski, 2002; Stark et al., 2002; RakusaSuszczewski, 2003; Olofsson et al., 2004; Van der Wal and Brooker, 2004).”
Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change (2009, background): “…change, together with changes mediated by shifts in vegetation composition, will influence soil biological properties that regulate the availability of nutrients to plants, thereby creating a potential feedback on plant productivity and forage supply (Bardgett & Wardle 2003; Olofsson et al. 2004).”
Strain and vegetation effects on local limiting resources explain the outcomes of biotic interactions (2010, background): “Positive interactions are recognized to play a major role in shaping plant communities, especially in severe environments (Choler et al., 2001; Callaway et al., 2002; Olofsson, 2004; Olofsson et al., 2004; Brooker et al., 2007).”
Importance of large and small mammalian herbivores for the plant community structure in the forest tundra ecotone (2004, background): “The indirect effects of reindeer on the plant community, through changes in nutrient availability and soil temperature, might take long time before they can be observed (Olofsson et al. 2004).”
Do herbivores cause habitat degradation or vegetation state transition? Evidence from the tundra (2006, background): “For example, intensive reindeer grazing in northern Norway is responsible for the transition of moss-rich dwarf shrub heath to grass-dominated tundra ( Olofsson et al. 2001, 2004 ).”
Large herbivores limit CO2 uptake and suppress carbon cycle responses to warming in West Greenland (2011, background): “…other graminoid-domi- nated tundra sites has also led to reductions in the magnitude of net CO2 uptake, suggesting that herbivore foraging may exert strong effects on ecosystem C storage and allocation (Olofsson et al., 2004; Welker et al., 2004; van der Wal et al., 2007; Sjögersten et al., 2008).”
An integrated perspective to explain nitrogen mineralization in grazed ecosystems (2013, background): “…emperature is limiting the activity of soil organisms, because soil emperature can increase due to reduced insulating capacities of he vegetation (Olofsson et al., 2004; Gornall et al., 2007, 2009). lternatively, removal of vegetation may strongly increase evapoation at the soil surface,…”
Recovery of plant species composition and ecosystem function after cessation of grazing in a Mediterranean grassland (2010, background): “1989; Perevolotsky and Seligman 1998), particularly primary productivity and nutrient cycling (Altesor et al. 2005; Marriott et al. 2004; Olofsson et al. 2004).”