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Changes in Organic Horizon Soil Properties Due to Reindeer Herding and Changing Management

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Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe

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  1. The Norwegian Crop Research Institute, 9292, Tromsø, Norway

    C. Uhlig

  2. Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany

    A. Zink

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  1. Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101, Rovaniemi, Finland

    Bruce C. Forbes  & Nicolas Gunslay  & 

  2. Institute for Polar Ecology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Bldg. 12, 24148, Kiel, Germany

    Manfred Bölter

  3. Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, H3A 2K6, Canada

    Ludger Müller-Wille

  4. Laboratory of Environmental Protection, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2300, 02015, Espoo, Finland

    Janne Hukkinen

  5. Ecology Center, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Olshausenstr. 75, 24118, Kiel, Germany

    Felix Müller

  6. New Bulgarian University, Montevideo Street 21, 1233, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Yulian Konstantinov

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Uhlig, C., Zink, A. (2006). Changes in Organic Horizon Soil Properties Due to Reindeer Herding and Changing Management. In: Forbes, B.C., et al. Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe. Ecological Studies, vol 184. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31392-3_13

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