Growing season changes in Fennoscandia and Kola peninsula during the period 1982 to 1999 - Implications for reindeer husbandry (In Norwegian with Summary in English)

• Main Authors: Hans Tømmervik, Kjell-Arild Høgda, Jan Åge Riseth, Stein-Rune Karlsen, Frans Emil Wielgolaski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005
• Subjects: growing season; changes; Norway; Fennoscandia; Kola; climate; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Karasjok; Kola Peninsula; kola peninsula; permafrost; Rangifer; reindeer husbandry; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.25.3.1743; https://doaj.org/article/c564d53dc333486dae4151f7273c7b3a

Climate change and particularly variations in air temperature have significant impacts on the growth rhythm of plants where these occur at the limits of their natural distribution range, especially at northern latitudes. Our study area, Fennoscandia and Kola Peninsula, is characterized by large regi...