Reindeer grazing has been entitled as ecological keystone in arctic–alpine landscapes. In
addition, reindeer husbandry is tightly connected to the identity of the indigenous Sámi …

Sámi reindeer pastoralism in Norway is said to be in a state of crisis that has lasted for
several decades and is due to excessive numbers of reindeer. A general overstocking of the …

Caribou and reindeer herds are declining across their circumpolar range, coincident with
increasing arctic temperatures and precipitation, and anthropogenic landscape change …

Across the Arctic, heavy rain‐on‐snow (ROS) is an “extreme” climatic event that is expected
to become increasingly frequent with global warming. This has potentially large ecosystem …

Bergmann's rule, which proposes a heat‐balance explanation for the observed latitudinal
gradient of increasing animal body size with increasing latitude, has dominated the study of …

The migratory tundra caribou herds in North America follow decadal population cycles, and
browsing from abundant caribou could be expected to counteract the current climate-driven …

Abundant large herbivores can strongly alter vegetation composition, shifting the ecosystem
into a lasting state of changed productivity. Previous studies of the effects of abundant …

Large herbivore populations respond strongly to remotely sensed measures of primary
productivity. Whereas most studies in seasonal environments have focused on the effects of …

Global warming is expected to cause earlier springs and increased primary productivity in
the Arctic. These changes may improve food availability for Arctic herbivores, but may also …

The change of water phase around 0° C has considerable impacts on wildlife ecology
because liquid and solid water strongly differ in their insulating capability, mechanical …