Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities
Reindeer lichens are important in the structure and function of tundra and taiga ecosystems, as exemplified by cover values, biomass, mineral content, and effect on other ecosystem components. They are particularly important for winter ecology of reindeer and caribou which largely relay on them. Gro...
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| description | Reindeer lichens are important in the structure and function of tundra and taiga ecosystems, as exemplified by cover values, biomass, mineral content, and effect on other ecosystem components. They are particularly important for winter ecology of reindeer and caribou which largely relay on them. Growth measurement is difficult due to the very slow rate and the methods that have been used are not sufficiently documented, precise, or appropriate. Use of carbon dioxide exchange models, coupled with models of lichen microclimate and water relations, based on microclimatic data are suggested as alternatives for land managers. The assumptions of such models are discussed and the performance of mixed species lichen mats and of the lichen CO2 environment and its effect on lichen CO2 exchange. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45527ea16ce24eb8984867463749864a2022-12-21T22:28:13ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingRangifer1890-67291990-09-0110310.7557/2.10.3.836784Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilitiesBjartmar Sveinbjörnsson0Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3221 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, U.S.A.Reindeer lichens are important in the structure and function of tundra and taiga ecosystems, as exemplified by cover values, biomass, mineral content, and effect on other ecosystem components. They are particularly important for winter ecology of reindeer and caribou which largely relay on them. Growth measurement is difficult due to the very slow rate and the methods that have been used are not sufficiently documented, precise, or appropriate. Use of carbon dioxide exchange models, coupled with models of lichen microclimate and water relations, based on microclimatic data are suggested as alternatives for land managers. The assumptions of such models are discussed and the performance of mixed species lichen mats and of the lichen CO2 environment and its effect on lichen CO2 exchange.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/836pasturesgrowthreindeercariboulichen productivitylichen ecology |
| spellingShingle | Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities Rangifer pastures growth reindeer caribou lichen productivity lichen ecology |
| title | Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities |
| title_full | Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities |
| title_fullStr | Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities |
| title_short | Reindeer lichen productivity: Problems and possibilities |
| title_sort | reindeer lichen productivity problems and possibilities |
| topic | pastures growth reindeer caribou lichen productivity lichen ecology |
| url | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/836 |
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