caa a22 4500 445359285 CHVBK 20180317142910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00334-010-0275-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00334-010-0275-x Cutting of lichen trees: a survival strategy used before the 20th century in northern Sweden [Elektronische Daten] [Anna Berg, Torbjörn Josefsson, Lars Östlund] Sami reindeer herders in northern Fennoscandia have historically cut trees with high quantities of arboreal lichens to feed their animals during harsh winters. In this study we analysed temporal and spatial patterns of lichen-tree cuttings of Scots pine in a remote forest landscape in northern Sweden. We wanted to test the hypothesis that repeated cutting of such trees may have had long-lasting effects on the forest ecosystem that are still discernable today. Our analyses included an inventory of remaining lichen-tree stumps, and a field survey of forest variables to relate structural variation within the forest to these cuttings. We used dendrochronological methods to date stumps and reconstruct forest structure. Our results show that more than 7,000 trees were cut for this purpose over a period of almost 300years within an area covering 6km2. Lichen-tree cutting was most intense during the late 18th century when ca. 600-1,000 trees were cut during each decade. We did not detect any significant relationship between past lichen-tree cutting and present small-scale forest heterogeneity, and suggest that this might be due to the small size of the cut trees and the long time elapsed since most of the cuttings. We conclude that vestiges such as stumps from lichen-tree cutting are highly valuable for our understanding of past land use. Furthermore, since they are located in an unlogged and very old forest, this highlights the need to acknowledge the interconnectedness between ecological and cultural values of such forests and the need to identify and protect them. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Land use nationallicence Sub-arctic nationallicence Forest ecosystem nationallicence Indigenous people nationallicence Reindeer herding nationallicence Pre-industrial nationallicence Berg Anna Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden aut Josefsson Torbjörn Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden aut Östlund Lars Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden aut Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer-Verlag 20/2(2011-03-01), 125-133 0939-6314 20:2<125 2011 20 334 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-010-0275-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-010-0275-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Berg Anna Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Josefsson Torbjörn Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Östlund Lars Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer-Verlag 20/2(2011-03-01), 125-133 0939-6314 20:2<125 2011 20 334 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer