Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway
Finnmarksvidda is Norway’s largest mountain plateau, located in the Arctic/alpineboreal transition area. The area is also a central winter grazing area for the reindeer herds of the indigenous Sámi people. This study develops a bioclimatic-based model to simulate future potential vegetation, with a...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2444582 2023-05-15T14:58:38+02:00 Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway Karlsen, Stein Rune Tømmervik, Hans Johansen, Bernt Riseth, Jan Åge Finnmark, Finnmarksvidda, Norway 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444582 https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01459 eng eng Andre: The Norwegian Reindeer Administration Authorities Andre: Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) urn:issn:0936-577X http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444582 https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01459 cristin:1471045 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no CC-BY Climate Research (CR) Climate warming Bioclimatic model Temperature driver Future forest Treeline Reindeer herding VDP::Basale biofag: 470 VDP::Basic biosciences: 470 Journal article Peer reviewed 2017 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01459 2021-12-23T07:17:16Z Finnmarksvidda is Norway’s largest mountain plateau, located in the Arctic/alpineboreal transition area. The area is also a central winter grazing area for the reindeer herds of the indigenous Sámi people. This study develops a bioclimatic-based model to simulate future potential vegetation, with a focus on forest types. The model utilizes a bioclimatic study in the region, where vegetation types have been grouped according to minimum summer temperature demands. This is then used as a base for modelling of future vegetation. Due to the flat landscape of Finnmarksvidda, the model shows that a 1°C increase in summer temperatures will potentially lead to an increase of forested areas by 4485 km2, which is a 70% increase from the current 6900 km2 to a simulated 11 706 km2. This in turn will lead to a reduction of Arctic-alpine heaths from 4440 km2 today to potentially only 670 km2. Such changes will have consequences for the reindeer grazing system, as the predicted changes will lead to a decrease in the vegetation types that have high winter grazing accessibility for reindeer, from 2386 km2 today to potentially only 377 km2. On the other hand, vegetation types with medium accessibility will experience an increase, from 2857 to 3366 km2. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Finnmark Finnmarksvidda North Norway Sámi Finnmark Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Finnmarksvidda ENVELOPE(23.744,23.744,69.113,69.113) Norway Climate Research 73 1-2 125 133 |
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Finnmarksvidda is Norway’s largest mountain plateau, located in the Arctic/alpineboreal transition area. The area is also a central winter grazing area for the reindeer herds of the indigenous Sámi people. This study develops a bioclimatic-based model to simulate future potential vegetation, with a focus on forest types. The model utilizes a bioclimatic study in the region, where vegetation types have been grouped according to minimum summer temperature demands. This is then used as a base for modelling of future vegetation. Due to the flat landscape of Finnmarksvidda, the model shows that a 1°C increase in summer temperatures will potentially lead to an increase of forested areas by 4485 km2, which is a 70% increase from the current 6900 km2 to a simulated 11 706 km2. This in turn will lead to a reduction of Arctic-alpine heaths from 4440 km2 today to potentially only 670 km2. Such changes will have consequences for the reindeer grazing system, as the predicted changes will lead to a decrease in the vegetation types that have high winter grazing accessibility for reindeer, from 2386 km2 today to potentially only 377 km2. On the other hand, vegetation types with medium accessibility will experience an increase, from 2857 to 3366 km2. |
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Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway |
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Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway |
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Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway |
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Future forest distribution on Finnmarksvidda, North Norway |
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Andre: The Norwegian Reindeer Administration Authorities Andre: Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) urn:issn:0936-577X http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444582 https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01459 cristin:1471045 |
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