Essays about: "northern Sweden"

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  1. 11. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
    Keywords : The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

    Abstract : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. READ MORE

  3. 12. The bzzzt of frirends. Interspecific competition in Arctic plants for pollination services.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Malin Olsson; [2023-06-27]
    Keywords : the Arctic; pollinator networks; competition; autonomous selfing; Arktis; pollinationsnätverk; konkurrens; autonom självpollinering;

    Abstract : The Arctic has a harsh environment that is challenging for the flora and fauna that inhabits the region. The ruling abiotic factors of the region results is a low species richness that creates a potential challenge for the region’s plant species. READ MORE

  4. 13. Decreases over time in shannon diversity of land snails

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Jens Hemming; [2023-02-15]
    Keywords : Climate change; global warming; land snails; species composition;

    Abstract : With rising temperatures as a consequence of climate change, suitable habitats for land snails in the northern hemisphere may be shifting northwards. However, there is a lack of studies that explore the latitudinal effects that climate change has on land snails. READ MORE

  5. 14. Regional electricity price effect on industry location - Sweden’s 2011 electricity market split

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Christian Hardless; Jordanos Sentayehu; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In November 2011, a reform split the Swedish electricity market into four price zones and made it possible for different parts of the country to have different electricity prices. For industries where electricity constitutes a large share of production costs, it may be preferred to be located in a zone where electricity prices are lower. READ MORE

  6. 15. Trends in mountain birch seed abundance and its relation to temperature and moth abundance: a ten-year study from Swedish Lapland

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Frida Gustafsson; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : Betula pubescens; climate change; seed production; Epirrita autumnata; Operophtera brumata; subarctic ecology; folivory; larval abundance;

    Abstract : Boreal forest is the world’s largest terrestrial biome. Being one of the most ubiquitous and coldtolerant tree species in Sweden, the mountain birch forms a unique deciduous treeline and marks the forest-tundra ecotone. READ MORE