Legacies of Historical Human Activities in Arctic Woody Plant Dynamics
Recent changes in arctic vegetation might not be driven by climate change alone. Legacies of human activities have received little attention as a contributing factor. We examine the extent to which traditional human activities (hunting, herding, fire, wood extraction, and agriculture) have had lasti...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/2eac9d25-6148-46b9-9d8a-a581e1dfc882 2024-05-12T07:57:28+00:00 Legacies of Historical Human Activities in Arctic Woody Plant Dynamics Normand, Signe Hoye, Toke T. Forbes, Bruce C. Bowden, Joseph J. Davies, Althea L. Odgaard, Bent V. Riede, Felix Svenning, Jens Christian Treier, Urs A. Willerslev, Rane Wischnewski, Juliane 2017-10-17 https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/2eac9d25-6148-46b9-9d8a-a581e1dfc882 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 eng eng https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/2eac9d25-6148-46b9-9d8a-a581e1dfc882 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Normand , S , Hoye , T T , Forbes , B C , Bowden , J J , Davies , A L , Odgaard , B V , Riede , F , Svenning , J C , Treier , U A , Willerslev , R & Wischnewski , J 2017 , ' Legacies of Historical Human Activities in Arctic Woody Plant Dynamics ' , Annual Review of Environment and Resources , vol. 42 , pp. 541-567 . https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 Anthropocene Climate change Disequilibrium dynamics Herbivory Land use change Shrub expansion /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/1 name=Ecology evolutionary biology /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/2 name=Environmental sciences article 2017 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 2024-04-14T23:46:20Z Recent changes in arctic vegetation might not be driven by climate change alone. Legacies of human activities have received little attention as a contributing factor. We examine the extent to which traditional human activities (hunting, herding, fire, wood extraction, and agriculture) have had lasting effects on arctic woody plant communities and therefore might continue to affect biome-wide responses to climate change. Evidence suggests that legacies are likely to be evident across meters to hundreds of kilometers and for decades, centuries, and millennia. The evidence, however, is currently sparse, and we highlight the potential to develop systematic assessments through a circumarctic collaboratory consisting of a network of interdisciplinary field sites, standardized protocols, participatory research, and new approaches. We suggest that human activities should be brought into consideration to increase our understanding of arctic vegetation dynamics in general and to assess woody plant responses to climate change in particular. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System Arctic Annual Review of Environment and Resources 42 1 541 567 |
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Anthropocene Climate change Disequilibrium dynamics Herbivory Land use change Shrub expansion /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/1 name=Ecology evolutionary biology /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/2 name=Environmental sciences Normand, Signe Hoye, Toke T. Forbes, Bruce C. Bowden, Joseph J. Davies, Althea L. Odgaard, Bent V. Riede, Felix Svenning, Jens Christian Treier, Urs A. Willerslev, Rane Wischnewski, Juliane Legacies of Historical Human Activities in Arctic Woody Plant Dynamics |
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Anthropocene Climate change Disequilibrium dynamics Herbivory Land use change Shrub expansion /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/18/1 name=Ecology evolutionary biology /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/2 name=Environmental sciences |
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Recent changes in arctic vegetation might not be driven by climate change alone. Legacies of human activities have received little attention as a contributing factor. We examine the extent to which traditional human activities (hunting, herding, fire, wood extraction, and agriculture) have had lasting effects on arctic woody plant communities and therefore might continue to affect biome-wide responses to climate change. Evidence suggests that legacies are likely to be evident across meters to hundreds of kilometers and for decades, centuries, and millennia. The evidence, however, is currently sparse, and we highlight the potential to develop systematic assessments through a circumarctic collaboratory consisting of a network of interdisciplinary field sites, standardized protocols, participatory research, and new approaches. We suggest that human activities should be brought into consideration to increase our understanding of arctic vegetation dynamics in general and to assess woody plant responses to climate change in particular. |
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Normand, Signe Hoye, Toke T. Forbes, Bruce C. Bowden, Joseph J. Davies, Althea L. Odgaard, Bent V. Riede, Felix Svenning, Jens Christian Treier, Urs A. Willerslev, Rane Wischnewski, Juliane |
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Legacies of Historical Human Activities in Arctic Woody Plant Dynamics |
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Normand , S , Hoye , T T , Forbes , B C , Bowden , J J , Davies , A L , Odgaard , B V , Riede , F , Svenning , J C , Treier , U A , Willerslev , R & Wischnewski , J 2017 , ' Legacies of Historical Human Activities in Arctic Woody Plant Dynamics ' , Annual Review of Environment and Resources , vol. 42 , pp. 541-567 . https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 |
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