Growing season changes in Fennoscandia and Kola peninsula during the period 1982 to 1999 - Implications for reindeer husbandry (In Norwegian with Summary in English)

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Tømmervik, Hans, Høgda, Kjell-Arild, Riseth, Jan Åge, Karlsen, Stein-Rune, Wielgolaski, Frans Emil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005
• Subjects: growing season; changes; Norway; Fennoscandia; Kola; climate; vegetation changes; phenology; reindeer husbandry; Karasjok; Kola Peninsula; Crowberry; kola peninsula; Northern Norway; permafrost; Rangifer; Tundra; Lapland
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1743; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.25.3.1743

Climate change and particularly variations in air temperature have significant impacts on the growth rhythm of plants where these occur at the limits of their natural distribution range, especially at northern latitudes. Our study area, Fennoscandia and Kola Peninsula, is characterized by large regi...