Essays about: "reindeer"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 193 essays containing the word reindeer.

  1. 16. Forest, Tree, and Shrub limit responses to a century of climate change in Northern Norway

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Ella Björsbo; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate warming; growing season length; forest limit; tree limit; shrub limit;

    Abstract : Climate changes have been observed in the Northern Hemisphere during the last century, causing a longer growing season and upslope expansion of forest, tree, and shrub limits. Here, a long-term historical perspective was used as a tool for investigating how climate change has impacted woody plants at the forest, tree, and shrub limits across the study region. READ MORE

  3. 17. Skogens egenskaper på lavmark & dess förändring inom renskötselområdet : baserat på riksskogstaxeringsdata

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Oscar Andersson; Johan Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Lav; Marklav; Cladonia spp; Lavmark; Renskötselområdet; Renskötsel; Rennäring; Skogsbruk; Skog; Egenskaper; Skogsegenskaper;

    Abstract : Skogsbruket och renskötseln verkar idag på samma marker, vilka nyttjas för råvara och som betesmark. Renskötseln är beroende av skogar med bottenskikt av lav- eller lavrik typ då marklav är en essentiell födotillgång för renen vintertid. READ MORE

  4. 18. Reindeer grazing, soil wetness and aspect interact to drive tundra plant community structure in northern Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Emma Gemal; [2023]
    Keywords : tundra plants; vegetation; abiotic vs. biotic effects; community composition; diversity; reindeer herbivory; accelerometry; grazing;

    Abstract : The relative importance of abiotic versus biotic top-down factors on structuring tundra plant communities is debated. With climate change already strongly affecting the tundra ecosystem, understanding which factors will prevail is vital. READ MORE

  5. 19. Geographical expansion rate of a brown bear population in Fennoscandia and the factors explaining the directional variations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lisbet Hougaard Baklid; [2022]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; brown bear; expansion rate; Ursus arctos; Fennoscandia; Sweden; barrier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The brown bears, Ursus arctos L., in the Scandinavian peninsula were distributed in almost all counties before aimed reduction during the 1700-1900s (Swenson et al. 1995). From 1981-2013 the population increased more than five times (Chapron et al. READ MORE

  6. 20. A GIS Study on Land-Cover Changes in the Finnish Reindeer Summer Pastures Over the Last 65 years : The possible effects of land use change and climate change on reindeer summer pastures in northern Finland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Emma Pulkkinen; [2022]
    Keywords : Reindeer pastures; reindeer summer pastures; land cover change; northern Finland;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE