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 degree to which traditional human activities (hunting, herding, fire, wood extraction, and agriculture) have had lasti...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/04c587ab-3bef-4fde-81de-6629950ac987 2024-06-23T07:48:24+00:00 Legacies of historical human activities in Arctic woody plant dynamics Normand, Signe Høye, Toke Forbes, Bruce Bowden, Joseph Davies, Althea Lynn Odgaard, Bent Riede, Felix Svenning, Jens-Christian Treier, Urs Willerslev, Rane Wischnewski, Juliane 2017-10-31 https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/legacies-of-historical-human-activities-in-arctic-woody-plant-dynamics(04c587ab-3bef-4fde-81de-6629950ac987).html https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/bNzfIKkxey3xJHQeMUpi/full/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/legacies-of-historical-human-activities-in-arctic-woody-plant-dynamics(04c587ab-3bef-4fde-81de-6629950ac987).html info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Normand , S , Høye , T , Forbes , B , Bowden , J , Davies , A L , Odgaard , B , Riede , F , Svenning , J-C , Treier , U , 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 article 2017 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-085454 2024-06-13T00:57:52Z 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 degree 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 kilometres and for decades, centuries, and millennia. The evidence, however, is sparse and we highlight that this could be changed with a circum-arctic collaboratory consisting of a network of interdisciplinary field sites, standardised protocols, participatory research, and new approaches. We suggest that human activities should be brought into consideration with respect to understanding the role of human legacies for Arctic vegetation dynamics in general and for variation in woody plant responses to climate change specifically. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Climate change University of St Andrews: Research Portal 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 Normand, Signe Høye, Toke Forbes, Bruce Bowden, Joseph Davies, Althea Lynn Odgaard, Bent Riede, Felix Svenning, Jens-Christian Treier, Urs Willerslev, Rane Wischnewski, Juliane Legacies of historical human activities in Arctic woody plant dynamics |
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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 degree 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 kilometres and for decades, centuries, and millennia. The evidence, however, is sparse and we highlight that this could be changed with a circum-arctic collaboratory consisting of a network of interdisciplinary field sites, standardised protocols, participatory research, and new approaches. We suggest that human activities should be brought into consideration with respect to understanding the role of human legacies for Arctic vegetation dynamics in general and for variation in woody plant responses to climate change specifically. |
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Legacies of historical human activities in Arctic woody plant dynamics |
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Normand , S , Høye , T , Forbes , B , Bowden , J , Davies , A L , Odgaard , B , Riede , F , Svenning , J-C , Treier , U , 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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