PPS Arctic Norway

Circumpolar treeline research

The project has focus on two main scientiic domains of PPS Arctic; i) vegetation structure and present tree regeneration capacity, and spatiotemporal dynamics of the tundra-taiga transition zone in the southern Arctic; and ii) definition and spatiotemporal characterisation of the zone.

Geographical region

• Northern Norway and Northwestern Russia

Status funding

• Research Council Norway is funding the project during 2007-2010 under the IPY program

Project workers

• A.Hofgaard, G.Rees, H.Tømmervik, M.Zimin, I.E.Mathisen, S.Aune, S.Dovärn and L.Söderström

More information

• Project description
• Field activities 2007
• Field activities 2008