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Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests pp 255–268Cite as

Sámi Approaches to Mountain Birch Utilization in Northern Sápmi (Finland and Norway)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Suoma sámiid guovddášsearvi (Finnish Sámi Association), Suohpajávri - A 777 Ohcejohka, 99800, Ivalo/Avvil, Finland

    M. S. Aiko

  2. Department of Geography, McGill University, Burnside Hall 705, 805, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec), H3A 2K6, Canada

    L. Müller-Wille

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  1. Logan, USA

    M. M. Caldwell

  2. Marburg, Germany

    G. Heldmaier

  3. Durham, USA

    R. B. Jackson

  4. Würzburg, Germany

    O. L. Lange

  5. Stanford, USA

    H. A. Mooney

  6. Jena, Germany

    E. -D. Schulze

  7. Kiel, Germany

    U. Sommer

  8. Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1045, Blindern 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Frans E. Wielgolaski

  9. Department of Plant Ecology Ecolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Villavägen 14, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden

    P. Staffan Karlsson

  10. Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Seppo Neuvonen

  11. Department of Geography, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Dietbert Thannheiser

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Aiko, M.S., Müller-Wille, L. (2005). Sámi Approaches to Mountain Birch Utilization in Northern Sápmi (Finland and Norway). In: Caldwell, M.M., et al. Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26595-3_18

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