Browsing Master’s theses (MINA) by Subject "Climate change"
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Biodiversity in boreal Sweden : what aspects are appreciated, and how will the biodiversity change in the coming decades?
(Master thesis, 2020)Humans affect the environment at both local and global scales and the manifold of these influences are considered major threats to global biodiversity. Both climate change and land-use change have been two major drivers ... -
Changes in species richness and altitudinal distribution of vascular plants in Jotunheimen, Norway
(Master thesis, 2019)Species richness was sampled on 254 sites distributed along the altitudinal gradient of 23 mountains in Jotunheimen, Norway. The sampling was conducted during the summer of 2014, on sites that previously had been sampled ... -
Effects of long-term experimental warming on fitness, morphology and species interactions of Silene acaulis
(Master thesis, 2020)The global annual average surface temperature has increased significantly during the past century and is predicted to continue rising. Studies have shown that alpine ecosystems can be particularly sensitive to climate ... -
The effects of precipitation on parental food provisioning in the barn owls (Tyto alba) breeding in Norfolk, UK
(Master thesis, 2021)Even though scientists have extensively studied the barn owl (Tyto alba), there is limited information on how climatic conditions influence parental food provisioning in barn owls on a local scale. Worsened climatic ... -
The effect of long-term experimental warming on lichens and vascular plants in an alpine Dryas heath
(Master thesis, 2018)Global warming affects species diversity and ecosystems throughout the world, and alpine and arctic plant communities are considered to be particularly sensitive. During the last decades, several studies have shown a shift ... -
Thermoregulatory behavior in a warming Arctic : bed site selection by Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in summer
(Master thesis, 2018)Climate change leads to rapidly increasing mean temperatures, and the climate warming is particularly pronounced in the Arctic. In Arctic mammals with long generation times, evolution of physiological and morphological ...