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Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.18710/WZ5RSE |
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Publication Date
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2023-11-15 |
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Title
| Replication Data for: The increase of an allelopathic and unpalatable plant undermines Reindeer pasture quality, diversity and current management in the Norwegian tundra |
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Author
| Tuomi, Maria W. (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) - ORCID: 0000-0002-7154-5177 |
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Point of Contact
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Tuomi, Maria W. (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Bråthen, Kari Anne (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) |
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Description
| These datasets contain original data on biomass and extent of vascular plant growth forms in plots from a range of sites in northern Fennoscandia collected in 2003 and in 2020. Main findings are presented in the following abstract: Ongoing Arctic greening can increase productivity and reindeer pasture quality in the tundra. However, greening may also entail proliferation of unpalatable species, with consequences for pastoral social-ecological systems. Here we show extensive greening across 20 reindeer districts in Norway between 2003 and 2020, which has reduced pasture diversity. The allelopathic, evergreen dwarf-shrub crowberry increased its biomass by 60%, with smaller increases of deciduous shrubs and no increase in the most species rich growth forms (i.e., forbs and graminoids). There was no evidence for higher reindeer densities promoting crowberry. The current management decision-making process aims at sustainable pasture management but does not explicitly account for pasture changes and reduced diversity. Large-scale shifts towards evergreening and increased allelopathy may thus undermine the resource base for this key Arctic herbivore and the pastoral social-ecological system. Management that is sensitive to changes in pasture diversity could avoid mismanagement of a social-ecological system in transition. (2024-03-26) |
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Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Keyword
| community ecology
reindeer husbandry
crowberry
dwarf-shrubs
forbs
management
allelopathy |
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Related Publication
| Greening conceals evergreening: contrasting trends for a socio-ecological system in Arctic Europe M.W. Tuomi, T.Aa. Utsi, N.G. Yoccoz, C.W. Armstrong, V. Gonzalez, S.B. Hagen, I.S. Jónsdóttir, F.I. Pugnaire, K. Shea, D.A. Wardle, S. Zielosko, K.A. Bråthen bioRxiv 2022.02.28.482210; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.28.482210 arXiv: 10.1101/2022.02.28.482210 https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.28.482210 |
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Language
| English |
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Producer
| UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) https://en.uit.no/ |
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Production Date
| 2020-09-30 |
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Production Location
| Troms & Finnmark |
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Contributor
| Data Curator : Tuomi, Maria W.
Project Leader : Bråthen, Kari Anne
Data Collector : Utsi, Tove Aa.
Data Collector : Zielosko, Sophia
Data Collector : Böhner, Hanna
Data Collector : Aares, Karoline Helene
Data Collector : Hortmann, Hans Ivar
Data Collector : Lipphardt, Lea
Data Collector : Hoset, Katrine S.
Data Collector : Skalska-Tuomi, Kinga
Data Collector : Natvik, Sindre |
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Funding Information
| The Research Council of Norway: 302749 |
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Distributor
| UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) https://dataverse.no/dataverse/uit |
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Depositor
| Tuomi, Maria |
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Deposit Date
| 2023-11-08 |
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Time Period
| Start Date: 2003-06-15 ; End Date: 2020-09-15
Start Date: 1957-01-01 ; End Date: 2019-12-31
Start Date: 1980-01-01 ; End Date: 2020-12-31 |
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Date of Collection
| Start Date: 2003-06-15 ; End Date: 2021-01-01 |
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Data Type
| Before-After (BA) observational data (vegetation); Observational data timeseries (climate); Observational data timeseries (reindeer numbers, calf and varit weights) |
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Software
| R statistical environment, Version: 4.0.4/15.02.2021 and later |
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Data Source
| Bråthen, K. A. et al. Induced Shift in Ecosystem Productivity? Extensive Scale Effects of Abundant Large Herbivores. Ecosystems 10, 773–789 (2007).; Ministry of Agriculture. Ressursregnskapet for reindriftsnæringen. https://www.landbruksdirektoratet.no/nb/nyhetsrom/rapporter/ressursregnskapet-for-reindriftsnaeringen.; Pedersen, Å. Ø. Norwegian Arctic tundra: a panel-based assessment of ecosystem condition. (Norsk Polarinstitutt, 2021).; Stien, A., Tveraa, T., Ims, R. A., Stien, J. & Yoccoz, N. G. Unfounded claims about productivity beyond density for reindeer pastoralism systems. Pastoralism 11, 20 (2021). |
