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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2002
From introduction: 'Caribou are found throughout the boreal forests of interior Alaska, a region subject to chronic and expansive wildland fires. Fruticose lichens, if available, constitute the majority of the winter diet of caribou throughout their range and are common in mature boreal forests but largely absent from early successional stages. Fire, the dominant ecological driving force, increases vegetative diversity and productivity across the landscape but may reduce the availability of caribou winter forage for decades.'
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Citation: Joly, Kyle; Adams, Layne G.; Dale, Bruce W.; Collins, William B. 2002. Evaluating the impacts of wildland fires on caribou in interior Alaska. Arctic Research of the United States 16:63-67.
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- caribou
- Cladonia rangiferina
- habitat
- lichen
- Nelchina
- selection
- winter range
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