DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.11.031
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85028259263
论文题名: North Fennoscandian mountain forests: History, composition, disturbance dynamics and the unpredictable future
作者: Kuuluvainen T. ; Hofgaard A. ; Aakala T. ; Gunnar Jonsson B.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 385 起始页码: 140
结束页码: 149
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Biodiversity
; Boreal forest
; Climate change
; Cultural heritage
; Natural disturbance
; Northern Europe
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Climate change
; Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Forestry
; Landforms
; Basic and applied research
; Biodiversity conservation
; Boreal forests
; Cultural heritages
; Ecosystem-based management
; Forest conservation
; Natural disturbance
; Northern Europe
; Conservation
; biodiversity
; boreal forest
; climate change
; cultural heritage
; ecosystem dynamics
; ecosystem management
; environmental disturbance
; environmental monitoring
; future prospect
; historical perspective
; montane forest
; Fennoscandia
; Finland
; Norway
; Russian Federation
; Scandes Mountains
; Sweden
; Picea
英文摘要: North Fennoscandian mountain forests are distributed along the Scandes Mountains between Sweden and Norway, and the low-mountain regions of northern Norway, Sweden and Finland, and the adjacent northwestern Russia. Regionally, these forests are differentiated into spruce, pine or birch dominance due to climatic differences. Variation in tree species dominance within these regions is generally caused by a combination of historical and prevailing disturbance regimes, including both chronic and episodic disturbances, their magnitude and frequency, as well as differences in edaphic conditions and topography. Because of their remoteness, slow growth and restrictions of use, these mountain forests are generally less affected by human utilization than more productive and easily utilizable forests at lower elevations and/or latitudes. As a consequence, these northern forests of Europe are often referred to as “Europe's last wilderness”, even if human influence of varying intensity has been ubiquitous through historical time. Because of their naturalness, the North Fennoscandian mountain forests are of paramount importance for biodiversity conservation, monitoring of ecosystem change and for their sociocultural values. As such, they also provide unique reference areas for basic and applied research, and for developing methods of forest conservation, restoration and ecosystem-based management for the entire Fennoscandia. However, the current rapid change in climate is predicted to profoundly affect the ecology and dynamics of these forests in the future. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64550
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作者单位: Dept. of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; Dept. of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway; Dept. of Natural Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Recommended Citation:
Kuuluvainen T.,Hofgaard A.,Aakala T.,et al. North Fennoscandian mountain forests: History, composition, disturbance dynamics and the unpredictable future[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,385