Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes
The Dividalen (Sami: Dieváidvuovdi) valley in Troms county, North Norway, is well known for its old-growth pine forest, a biodiversity hotspot for dead wood-inhabiting fungi and lichens. The majority of the valley is protected within the Upper Dividalen Landscape Conservation Area and National Park....
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2622180 2023-05-15T16:01:07+02:00 Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes Sjøgren, Per Johan E Kirchhefer, Andreas 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2622180 eng eng International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 2012, 8 (4), 338-350. urn:issn:2151-3732 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2622180 cristin:986318 338-350 8 International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 4 Journal article Peer reviewed 2012 ftntnutrondheimi 2019-11-01T12:23:55Z The Dividalen (Sami: Dieváidvuovdi) valley in Troms county, North Norway, is well known for its old-growth pine forest, a biodiversity hotspot for dead wood-inhabiting fungi and lichens. The majority of the valley is protected within the Upper Dividalen Landscape Conservation Area and National Park. A general conception is that until the mid-nineteenth century when agriculture and forestry entered the valley, the landscape was entirely untouched by man and only used as a pathway for Sami and their reindeer herds on their annual migrations between Sweden and the Norwegian coast. Recent investigations on culturally modified trees and fossil pollen from mires have, however, revealed quite a different story. Sami reindeer pastoralism has affected the vegetation composition from the early seventeenth century to the nineteenth century, and traditional land use should be acknowledged as a long present factor in forming the landscape and cultural heritage. The climatic deterioration known as the Little Ice Age had a severe effect on the pine forest stand structure during the same centuries, forming the culmination of a period of climatic stress initiated already in the thirteenth century. Both long-term cultural and climatic factors are thus important to understand the vegetation dynamics and resulting biodiversity within the protected areas. publishedVersion Open Access Article in Journal/Newspaper Dividalen North Norway sami sami Troms NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Dividalen ENVELOPE(19.547,19.547,68.881,68.881) Norway |
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The Dividalen (Sami: Dieváidvuovdi) valley in Troms county, North Norway, is well known for its old-growth pine forest, a biodiversity hotspot for dead wood-inhabiting fungi and lichens. The majority of the valley is protected within the Upper Dividalen Landscape Conservation Area and National Park. A general conception is that until the mid-nineteenth century when agriculture and forestry entered the valley, the landscape was entirely untouched by man and only used as a pathway for Sami and their reindeer herds on their annual migrations between Sweden and the Norwegian coast. Recent investigations on culturally modified trees and fossil pollen from mires have, however, revealed quite a different story. Sami reindeer pastoralism has affected the vegetation composition from the early seventeenth century to the nineteenth century, and traditional land use should be acknowledged as a long present factor in forming the landscape and cultural heritage. The climatic deterioration known as the Little Ice Age had a severe effect on the pine forest stand structure during the same centuries, forming the culmination of a period of climatic stress initiated already in the thirteenth century. Both long-term cultural and climatic factors are thus important to understand the vegetation dynamics and resulting biodiversity within the protected areas. publishedVersion Open Access |
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Sjøgren, Per Johan E Kirchhefer, Andreas Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes |
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Sjøgren, Per Johan E Kirchhefer, Andreas |
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Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes |
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Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes |
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Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes |
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Historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in Dividalen, nothern Scandes |
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historical legacy of old-growth pine forest in dividalen, nothern scandes |
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338-350 8 International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 4 |
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International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. 2012, 8 (4), 338-350. urn:issn:2151-3732 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2622180 cristin:986318 |
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