Forest line changes after 1960 in a Norwegian mountain region -implications for the future

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-10

  Wehn, Sølvi ^a   Olsson, Gunilla ^b,c   Hanssen, Susanne ^c,d  

^a Queen Mauds University College   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

Author keywords

climate; ecosystem change; human resource use; land use changes; livestock grazing pressure

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HUMAN RESOURCE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; TREELINE; VEGETATION COVER;

JOTUNHEIMEN; NORWAY;

EID: 84858054107     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2011.644320     Document Type: Article

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