The West Greenland “Greens”—Favourite Caribou Summer Grazing Areas and Late Holocene Climatic Changes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9849481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bent Fredskild (a Greenland Botanical Survey, Botanical Museum , Gothersgade 130, DK-1123 , Copenhagen K., corresponding author), Sune Holt (0000-0001-9919-7605, b Carl Bro A/S, Granskoven 8, DK-2600 , Glostrup) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-38 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7223 • E-ISSN: 1903-2471 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167223.1993.10649333 |
| OpenAlex | W2022900926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
Fredskild, Bent & Sune Holt: The West Greenland "Greens"—Favourite Caribou Summer Grazing Areas and Late Holocene Climatic Changes. Geografisk Tidsskrift 93:30–38. Copenhagen 1993. Though covering less than 2% of the area around Kangerlussuaq, Midwest Greenland, small "greens" of non-flowering Poa pratensis are used as feeding sites by caribou, 25% of the time during summer, peaking at 78% in the post-calving period. Analyses of pollen content and chemical composition in soil profiles confirm the hypothesis of their formation being a result of grazing. The original vegetation types were Salix glauca scrubs or grassy Betula nana heaths. Indications of earlier grazing periods are seen in some profiles. Besides, a climatically caused change to more humid vegetation is seen in all profiles. This event has been 14C dated at 1690 ± 75 B P. in one profile. Due to a recent pronounced decline in the caribou population, the greens are now changing with Poa pratensis flowering vigorously as a result of little or no grazing, and Euphrasia frigida is spreading. Keywords: Caribou grazing areasHolocene climatic changes
Archaeology · Biology · Favourite · Geography · Grazing · Holocene · Physical geography · Climate change and permafrost · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2019 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |