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Article: Reindeer pasture biomass assessment using satellite remote sensing.
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- Arctic
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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ABSTRACT. The present state of reindeer winter and summer pastures in northern Finland has been mapped using field sampling, remote sensing, and GIS. The winter pasture inventory was made during 1995-96 and the summer pasture inventory during 1997-98. Winter pastures can be divided into ground lichen and arboreal lichen pastures. Autumn pastures, including pastures with grasses, dwarf shrubs, and mushrooms, were also mapped and added to the inventory of winter pastures. Summer and winter pastures partly overlap, but the main pasture areas are clearly distinct from each other. Major summer feeding areas are marshes, mires and river meadows, and mountain birch woodland. ...