Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough?
The main aim of the present paper was to study regional differences in the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in relation to mountain height and latitudinal position. Altitudinal limits from previously studied areas were compared with the altitudinal distribution limits given by Lid...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:534baaa16e844d1194e5df34bb9ce517 2023-05-15T17:43:33+02:00 Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? Arvid Odland 2010-11-01 https://doaj.org/article/534baaa16e844d1194e5df34bb9ce517 en eng Geographical Society of Finland 1798-5617 https://doaj.org/article/534baaa16e844d1194e5df34bb9ce517 undefined Fennia: International Journal of Geography, Vol 188, Iss 2 (2010) Scandinavia distribution limit forest limit mountain summits climatic change geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2010 fttriple 2023-01-22T19:12:06Z The main aim of the present paper was to study regional differences in the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in relation to mountain height and latitudinal position. Altitudinal limits from previously studied areas were compared with the altitudinal distribution limits given by Lid & Lid (2005) as a reference. Based on these comparisons, different trend lines were used to evaluate the effects of mountain height and thereby estimate how high a mountain must be for vascular plants to reach their potential altitudinal limits. Study areas were Hardangervidda and Aurland southern Norway, Jämtland central Sweden, Lule Lappmark northern Sweden, Troms northern Norway, and Graubünden Switzerland. A regression analysis of the altitudinal limits for 177 vascular plants in Scandinavia compared with the same species in Switzerland gave a highly significant (p 0.422). Comparisons within Scandinavia show that lowland/boreal and high altitudinal species showed different altitudinal distribution patterns. The position of the forest limit increased on average with 72.4 m per degree increase in latitude from Switzerland to N Scandinavia. The altitudinal span of the alpine zone was approximately 1100 m in Switzerland and in Jotunheimen but considerably lower in the south Scandinavian study areas. Studies of altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants may give an indication of to what extent the height of a particular mountain influence plant distribution and thereby its vegetation zonation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Northern Sweden Troms Unknown Lule Lappmark ENVELOPE(20.000,20.000,67.000,67.000) Norway |
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The main aim of the present paper was to study regional differences in the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in relation to mountain height and latitudinal position. Altitudinal limits from previously studied areas were compared with the altitudinal distribution limits given by Lid & Lid (2005) as a reference. Based on these comparisons, different trend lines were used to evaluate the effects of mountain height and thereby estimate how high a mountain must be for vascular plants to reach their potential altitudinal limits. Study areas were Hardangervidda and Aurland southern Norway, Jämtland central Sweden, Lule Lappmark northern Sweden, Troms northern Norway, and Graubünden Switzerland. A regression analysis of the altitudinal limits for 177 vascular plants in Scandinavia compared with the same species in Switzerland gave a highly significant (p 0.422). Comparisons within Scandinavia show that lowland/boreal and high altitudinal species showed different altitudinal distribution patterns. The position of the forest limit increased on average with 72.4 m per degree increase in latitude from Switzerland to N Scandinavia. The altitudinal span of the alpine zone was approximately 1100 m in Switzerland and in Jotunheimen but considerably lower in the south Scandinavian study areas. Studies of altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants may give an indication of to what extent the height of a particular mountain influence plant distribution and thereby its vegetation zonation. |
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Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? |
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Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? |
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Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? |
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Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? |
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Importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in Scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? |
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importance of mountain height and latitude for the altitudinal distribution limits of vascular plants in scandinavia: are the mountains high enough? |
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Geographical Society of Finland |
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2010 |
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Northern Norway Northern Sweden Troms |
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Northern Norway Northern Sweden Troms |
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