AEROSPACE MAPPING OF THE STATUS AND POSITION OF NORTHERN FOREST LIMIT

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Valentina Kravtsova, Olga Tutubalina, Annika Hofgaard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Geographical Society 2012
• Subjects: taiga-tundra ecotone;dynamics of the forest limit;satellite images; Arctic; Kola Peninsula; Khibiny; International Polar Year; khatanga; kola peninsula; taiga; Taimyr; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/168; https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2012-5-3-28-47

We study changes in the position of the northern forest limit and state of vegetation in the taiga-tundra ecotone through aerial and satellite imagery in the context of climate variability and of the projected advance of forests to the north. Our research of reference sites in Kola Peninsula and in...