Bioclimatic gradients and soil property trends from northernmost mainland Norway to the Svalbard archipelago. Does the arctic biome extend into mainland Norway?

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Bandekar, Gauri, Vestgarden, Live Semb, Jenkins, Andrew, Odland, Arvid
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Norway; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Finnmark; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498165/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239183

The boundary between the boreal and arctic biomes in northwest Europe has been a matter of debate for many years. Some authors consider that the boundary is marked by the northern limit of tree growth in the northernmost Norwegian mainland. In this study we have collected air and soil temperature da...