Above ground biomass changes in the mountain birch forests and mountain heaths of Finnmarksvidda, northern Norway, in the period 1957-2006

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 244-257

  Tommervik H ^a   Johansen, B ^b   Riseth, J Å ^b   Karlsen, S R ^b   Solberg, B ^c   Hogda K A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Norut Northern Research Institute   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

"Lichen barrier effect"; Birch; Carbon sequestration; Forestry climate; Grazing; International Polar Year (IPY, PPS Arctic); Reindeer; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCRETES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; METAL RECOVERY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; TIMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION;

'LICHEN BARRIER EFFECT'; BIRCH; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRAZING; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY, PPS ARCTIC); REINDEER; VEGETATION CHANGE;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HEATHLAND; MONTANE FOREST; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL DATA; TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; ANIMALS; BETULA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHELATION; CLIMATES; CONCRETE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; FINNMARKSVIDDA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYLLODOCE (ANGIOSPERM); RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 56449090305     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.038     Document Type: Article

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