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Global warming will initiate a cascade of changes throughout the arctic ecosystems; predicting their magnitude and direction becomes more complex at the higher trophic levels. For top herbivores such as reindeer and caribou Rangifer tarandus, we have to consider the effects of climate change on lower trophic levels (forage), as well as the more direct effects on the animals themselves.
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Gunn, A., Skogland, T. (1997). Responses of Caribou and Reindeer to Global Warming. In: Oechel, W.C., et al. Global Change and Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 124. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2240-8_10
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