Disturbance associated
with this development has affected thousands of hectares of land. The increasing amount of land given
over to roads and buildings, together with the associated
disturbed land, has driven a fairly constant or increasing
reindeer population on to progressively smaller patches of
pasture. In consequence, the patches have suffered excessive
grazing and trampling of lichens, bryophytes, and
shrubs. In many areas, sandy soils have been deflated.
The human- and reindeer-induced disturbance may easily
initiate thermokarst formation and aeolian erosion,
which would lead to significant further losses of pasture.
Disturbance associatedwith this development has affected thousands of hectares of land. The increasing amount of land givenover to roads and buildings, together with the associateddisturbed land, has driven a fairly constant or increasingreindeer population on to progressively smaller patches ofpasture. In consequence, the patches have suffered excessivegrazing and trampling of lichens, bryophytes, andshrubs. In many areas, sandy soils have been deflated.The human- and reindeer-induced disturbance may easilyinitiate thermokarst formation and aeolian erosion,which would lead to significant further losses of pasture.
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