The ecosystem effects of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in northern Fennoscandia: Past, present and future

Multiple drivers of large‐scale lichen decline in boreal forest canopies

(2022) P.‐A. Esseen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Response of ground macrolichens to site factors, co‐existing plants and forestry in boreal forests

(2022) Tiina Tonteri et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Mapping cumulative pressures on the grazing lands of northern Fennoscandia

(2022) Marianne Stoessel et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiple-use forests and reindeer husbandry – Case of pendulous lichens in continuous cover forests

(2022) Taru Rikkonen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Recent changes in mountain birch forest structure and understory vegetation depend on the seasonal timing of reindeer grazing

(2021) Sari Stark et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

What drives reindeer management in Finland towards social and ecological tipping points?

(2021) Mia Landauer et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Reindeer control over subarctic treeline alters soil fungal communities with potential consequences for soil carbon storage

(2021) Henni Ylänne et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Trait‐based responses to land use and canopy dynamics modify long‐term diversity changes in forest understories

(2021) Konsta Happonen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Reindeer grazing history determines the responses of subarctic soil fungal communities to warming and fertilization

(2021) Saija H. K. Ahonen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant and soil nitrogen in oligotrophic boreal forest habitats with varying moss depths: does exclusion of large grazers matter?

(2021) Maria Väisänen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Earliest archaeological evidence for domesticated reindeer economy among the Sámi of Northeastern Fennoscandia AD 1300 onwards

(2021) Anna-Kaisa Salmi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Recent Growth and Expansion of Birch Shrubs Across a Low Arctic Landscape in Continental Canada: Are These Responses More a Consequence of the Severely Declining Caribou Herd than of Climate Warming?

(2020) Rhett Andruko et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Incorporating a model for ground lichens into multi-functional forest planning for boreal forests in Finland

(2020) Jari Miina et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Changes in mountain birch forests and reindeer management: Comparing different knowledge systems in Sápmi, northern Fennoscandia

(2020) Bruce C. Forbes et al.   POLAR RECORD

Spreading or Gathering? Can Traditional Knowledge Be a Resource to Tackle Reindeer Diseases Associated with Climate Change?

(2020) Jan Åge Riseth et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Stomping in silence: Conceptualizing trampling effects on soils in polar tundra

(2020) Maria Tuomi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Contrasting vegetation states do not diverge in soil organic matter storage: evidence from historical sites in tundra

(2019) Sari Stark et al.   ECOLOGY

Legacies of Historical Exploitation of Natural Resources Are More Important Than Summer Warming for Recent Biomass Increases in a Boreal–Arctic Transition Region

(2019) Hans Tømmervik et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Experimental evidence of the long‐term effects of reindeer on Arctic vegetation greenness and species richness at a larger landscape scale

(2019) Maja K Sundqvist et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Removal of grazers alters the response of tundra soil carbon to warming and enhanced nitrogen availability

(2019) Henni Ylänne et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Relations between forestry and reindeer husbandry in northern Finland – Perspectives of science and practice

(2019) Minna T. Turunen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Successional pathways of terrestrial lichens in changing Swedish boreal forests

(2019) Tim Horstkotte et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Multiple Feedbacks Contribute to a Centennial Legacy of Reindeer on Tundra Vegetation

(2018) Dagmar Egelkraut et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Consequences of grazer-induced vegetation transitions on ecosystem carbon storage in the tundra

(2018) Henni Ylänne et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Role of climate and herbivory on native and alien conifer seedling recruitment at and above the Fennoscandian tree line

(2018) Fidele Bognounou et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Long-term vegetation changes of treeless heath communities in northern Fennoscandia: Links to climate change trends and reindeer grazing

(2018) Tuija Maliniemi et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Reindeer grazing alter soil fungal community structure and litter decomposition related enzyme activities in boreal coniferous forests in Finnish Lapland

(2018) Minna Santalahti et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Modelling occurrence and status of mat-forming lichens in boreal forests to assess the past and current quality of reindeer winter pastures

(2018) Alessia Uboni et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Herbivore Effects on Ecosystem Process Rates in a Low-Productive System

(2018) Maria Tuomi et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of large herbivores on tundra vegetation in a changing climate, and implications for rewilding

(2018) Johan Olofsson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Open tundra persist, but arctic features decline-Vegetation changes in the warming Fennoscandian tundra

(2017) Katariina E. M. Vuorinen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Responses of belowground communities to large aboveground herbivores: Meta-analysis reveals biome-dependent patterns and critical research gaps

(2017) Walter S. Andriuzzi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Expansion of deciduous tall shrubs but not evergreen dwarf shrubs inhibited by reindeer in Scandes mountain range

(2017) Tage Vowles et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Urine is an important nitrogen source for plants irrespective of vegetation composition in an Arctic tundra: Insights from a 15 N-enriched urea tracer experiment

(2017) Hélène Barthelemy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Herbivores rescue diversity in warming tundra by modulating trait-dependent species losses and gains

(2017) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   Nature Communications

Herbivore grazing-or trampling? Trampling effects by a large ungulate in cold high-latitude ecosystems

(2017) Jan Heggenes et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Human-animal agency in reindeer management: Sámi herders’ perspectives on vegetation dynamics under climate change

(2017) T. Horstkotte et al.   Ecosphere

On the decline of ground lichen forests in the Swedish boreal landscape: Implications for reindeer husbandry and sustainable forest management

(2016) Per Sandström et al.   AMBIO

Reindeer grazing increases summer albedo by reducing shrub abundance in Arctic tundra

(2016) Mariska te Beest et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Herbivory and nutrient limitation protect warming tundra from lowland species’ invasion and diversity loss

(2016) Anu Eskelinen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Long-Term Trends and Role of Climate in the Population Dynamics of Eurasian Reindeer

(2016) Alessia Uboni et al.   PLoS One

Combining spatiotemporal corridor design for reindeer migration with harvest scheduling in Northern Sweden

(2016) Rachel St John et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Influences of Reindeer Grazing on Above- and Belowground Biomass and Soil Carbon Dynamics

(2015) Kajar Köster et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Reindeer management and winter pastures in the presence of supplementary feeding and government subsidies

(2015) Antti-Juhani Pekkarinen et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Strong Responses of Subarctic Plant Communities to Long-Term Reindeer Feces Manipulation

(2015) Hélène Barthelemy et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Quantifying the Implications of Different Land Users’ Priorities in the Management of Boreal Multiple-Use Forests

(2015) Tim Horstkotte et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Mammalian herbivores confer resilience of Arctic shrub-dominated ecosystems to changing climate

(2015) Elina Kaarlejärvi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Extrapolating multi-decadal plant community changes based on medium-term experiments can be risky: evidence from high-latitude tundra

(2015) Patrick Saccone et al.   OIKOS

Grazing intensity in subarctic tundra affects the temperature adaptation of soil microbial communities

(2015) Sari Stark et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Where do the treeless tundra areas of northern highlands fit in the global biome system: toward an ecologically natural subdivision of the tundra biome

(2015) Risto Virtanen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Response to reindeer grazing removal depends on soil characteristics in low Arctic meadows

(2014) Gaia Francini et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Long-Term Experiments Reveal Strong Interactions Between Lemmings and Plants in the Fennoscandian Highland Tundra

(2014) Johan Olofsson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Insensitivity of Soil Microbial Activity to Temporal Variation in Soil N in Subarctic Tundra: Evidence from Responses to Large Migratory Grazers

(2014) Sari Stark et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Long-term Impacts of Contrasting Management of Large Ungulates in the Arctic Tundra-Forest Ecotone: Ecosystem Structure and Climate Feedback

(2014) Martin Biuw et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Participatory GIS to mitigate conflicts between reindeer husbandry and forestry in Vilhelmina Model Forest, Sweden

(2014) Per Sandström et al.   FORESTRY CHRONICLE

A prominent stepwise advance of the tree line in north-east Finland

(2014) Tuomas Aakala et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

When do grazers accelerate or decelerate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in tundra? A test of theory on grazing effects in fertile and infertile habitats

(2014) Sari Stark et al.   OIKOS

High Female Mortality Resulting in Herd Collapse in Free-Ranging Domesticated Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Sweden

(2014) Birgitta Åhman et al.   PLoS One

Consequences of warming on tundra carbon balance determined by reindeer grazing history

(2014) Maria Väisänen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Animating the Carbon Cycle

(2013) Oswald J. Schmitz et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Canopy openings created by partial cutting increase growth rates and maintain the cover of three Cladonia species in the Canadian boreal forest

(2013) Catherine Boudreault et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Caribou exclusion during a population low increases deciduous and evergreen shrub species biomass and nitrogen pools in low Arctic tundra

(2013) Tara J. Zamin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecosystem change and stability over multiple decades in the Swedish subarctic: complex processes and multiple drivers

(2013) T. V. Callaghan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Linkages between grazing history and herbivore exclusion on decomposition rates in mineral soils of subalpine grasslands

(2013) Alan G. Haynes et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Both reindeer management and several other land use factors explain the reduction in ground lichens (Cladonia spp.) in pastures grazed by semi-domesticated reindeer in Finland

(2013) Jouko Kumpula et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Effect of reindeer grazing on snowmelt, albedo and energy balance based on satellite data analyses

(2013) Juval Cohen et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Transitions in Herd Management of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer in Northern Finland

(2012) Timo P. Helle et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI

Thresholds for boreal biome transitions

(2012) M. Scheffer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   Nature Climate Change

Rapid, landscape scale responses in riparian tundra vegetation to exclusion of small and large mammalian herbivores

(2011) Virve Tuulia Ravolainen et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Rapid recovery of recently overexploited winter grazing pastures for reindeer in northern Norway

(2011) Hans Tømmervik et al.   Fungal Ecology

The Legacy of Logging—Estimating Arboreal Lichen Occurrence in a Boreal Multiple-Use Landscape on a Two Century Scale

(2011) Tim Horstkotte et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Modern Forest Management on Winter Grazing Resources for Reindeer in Sweden

(2010) Sonja Kivinen et al.   AMBIO

Effects of reindeer on boreal forest floor vegetation: Does grazing cause vegetation state transitions?

(2010) Johan Olofsson et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Predicting growth of mat-forming lichens on a landscape scale - comparing models with different complexities

(2010) Anna V. Jonsson Čabrajič et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Recent vegetation changes at the high-latitude tree line ecotone are controlled by geomorphological disturbance, productivity and diversity

(2010) Risto Virtanen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A thousand years of human impact in the northern Scandinavian mountain range: Long-lasting effects on forest lines and vegetation

(2010) Hanna Staland et al.   HOLOCENE

Detection of ancient reindeer pens, cultural remains and anthropogenic influenced vegetation in Byrkije (Børgefjell) mountains, Fennoscandia

(2010) Hans Tømmervik et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Seasonal grazing effects by semi-domesticated reindeer on subarctic mountain birch forests

(2010) Jouko Kumpula et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Multiple effects of reindeer grazing on the soil processes in nutrient-poor northern boreal forests

(2010) Sari Stark et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Long-Term Human Impact and Vegetation Changes in a Boreal Forest Reserve: Implications for the Use of Protected Areas as Ecological References

(2009) Torbjörn Josefsson et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Trampling and Spatial Heterogeneity Explain Decomposer Abundances in a Sub-Arctic Grassland Subjected to Simulated Reindeer Grazing

(2009) Louise Ilum Sørensen et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Herbivores inhibit climate-driven shrub expansion on the tundra

(2009) JOHAN OLOFSSON et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil and decomposer responses to grazing exclusion are weak in mountain snow-beds

(2008) Risto Virtanen et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil microbial and microfaunal communities and organic matter quality in reindeer winter and summer ranges in Finnish subarctic mountain birch forests

(2008) S. Stark et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Effects of Grazing on the Vegetation Structure and Carbon Dioxide Exchange of a Fennoscandian Fell Ecosystem

(2008) Sanna Susiluoto et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Reindeer Winter Grazing in Alpine Tundra: Impacts on Ridge Community Composition in Norway

(2008) Ingunn Ims Vistnes et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Removal of the lichen mat by reindeer enhances tree growth in a northern Scots pine forest

(2008) Marc Macias Fauria et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Demographics in an alpine reindeer herd: effects of density and winter weather

(2008) Timo Helle et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Above ground biomass changes in the mountain birch forests and mountain heaths of Finnmarksvidda, northern Norway, in the period 1957–2006

(2008) H. Tømmervik et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Factors structuring the treeline ecotone in Fennoscandia

(2008) Jon Moen et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

The effects of reindeer grazing on the composition and species richness of vegetation in forest–tundra ecotone

(2008) Anu Pajunen et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Long- and short-term effects of reindeer grazing on tundra wetland vegetation

(2008) Heidi Kitti et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Reindeer herbivory reduces willow growth and grouse forage in a forest-tundra ecotone

(2007) Michael den Herder et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY