Peat and sediment characteristics from different Reindeer grazing intensities in Northern Finland ...

• Main Authors: Windirsch, Torben, Forbes, Bruce C, Grosse, Guido, Wolter, Juliane, Treat, Claire C, Ulrich, Mathias, Stark, Sari, Fuchs, Matthias, Olofsson, Johan, Macias-Fauria, Marc, Kumpula, Timo, Strauss, Jens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: biogeochemistry; Carbon; Finland; peat; PeCHEc; sediment; Permafrost Carbon Stabilization by Recreating a Herbivore-Driven Ecosystem PeCHEc; Northern Finland; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.941930; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941930

These data originate from 11 soil profiles sampled in northern Finland in September 2020 as part of the PeCHEc project. 8 sites were sampled on the Kutuharjue Field Research Station, a reindeer research station run by the Reindeer Herders' Association of Finland. Additional 3 sites were collected in the area around the station in the Muotkatunturi reindeer herding district as reference sites for the different landscape types found. In total, 5 sites with mineral soil (profiles with fixed volume cylinders) and 6 sites with peat (peat corer) were sampled in tundra, grassland and birch forest landscapes, covering a range of 5 different reindeer grazing intensities: a) exclosure site with no grazing (intensity 1), b) occassional migration route (intensity 2), c) regular migration route (intensity 3), d) frequent migration route (intensity 4), e) pasture (intensity 5). Analysis took place at the facilities of AWI between October 2020 and August 2021. All samples taken from the cores were analyzed for water ...