Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Assessment of Reindeer Impacts to Lichen Ecosystems in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Project ID: J9088020047
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: Oregon State University
Fiscal Year: 2002
Initial Funding: $11,000
Total Funding: $52,000
Project Type: Technical Assistance
Project Disciplines: Biological
National Park: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Principal Investigator: McCune, Bruce
Agreement Technical Representative: Neitlich, Peter
Abstract: Provide the data enabling a comprehensive reindeer management plan focusing on vegetation health, recovery and grazing practice reform. Lichen communities will be assessed along regional gradients of grazing, succession and landscape variables, allowing for landscape modeling of condition classes.
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