Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences

The Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) is located in the far north of Sweden, in a subarctic environment inhabited mostly by the Sami people. ANS has conducted research for more than hundred years, with its current focus set on interdisciplinary research regarding the effects of climate-change...

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Autor principal: Fusté Ballesteros, Jordi
Formato: M2
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology 2010
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description The Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) is located in the far north of Sweden, in a subarctic environment inhabited mostly by the Sami people. ANS has conducted research for more than hundred years, with its current focus set on interdisciplinary research regarding the effects of climate-change on the subarctic environment. Since the subarctic region changes faster than many other regions, ANS attracts climate change scientists from all over the world, with approximately 500 visitors per year, resulting in large numbers of data being generated. The present study focused on observations of temperature changes in the region, utilizing a database covering the Abisko region. As a result of climate change, geographic characteristics of the vegetation in the Abisko region are changing, propagating at a speed determined by micro-climatic conditions such as aspect and elevation. Temperature may be considered as an effect of such microclimatic factors, and is in conjunction with soil properties determining the vegetation characteristics.
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spelling RepoSLU20712012-04-20T14:17:01Z Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences Klimatuppvärmningens effekter på svensk renskötsel : en studie utförd i svenska Abisko-området Fusté Ballesteros, Jordi Abisko research temperature climate change vegetation reindeer The Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) is located in the far north of Sweden, in a subarctic environment inhabited mostly by the Sami people. ANS has conducted research for more than hundred years, with its current focus set on interdisciplinary research regarding the effects of climate-change on the subarctic environment. Since the subarctic region changes faster than many other regions, ANS attracts climate change scientists from all over the world, with approximately 500 visitors per year, resulting in large numbers of data being generated. The present study focused on observations of temperature changes in the region, utilizing a database covering the Abisko region. As a result of climate change, geographic characteristics of the vegetation in the Abisko region are changing, propagating at a speed determined by micro-climatic conditions such as aspect and elevation. Temperature may be considered as an effect of such microclimatic factors, and is in conjunction with soil properties determining the vegetation characteristics. SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology 2010 M2 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/2071/
spellingShingle Abisko
research
temperature
climate change
vegetation
reindeer
Fusté Ballesteros, Jordi
Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
title Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
title_full Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
title_fullStr Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
title_full_unstemmed Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
title_short Effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the Swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
title_sort effects of global warming on reindeer husbandry in the swedish subarctic : correlations across microclimatic change, subarctic vegetation cover, and reindeer foraging preferences
topic Abisko
research
temperature
climate change
vegetation
reindeer