Human Activity Facilitating Alien Species Establishment in the Arctic (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Human Activity Facilitating Alien Species Establishment in the Arctic

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Human activity brings with it alien species and creates excellent conditions that allow them to become established in an otherwise barren Arctic landscape. The slope below the old barn and farm buildings in Barentsburg is very nutrient-rich after manure and food scraps were dumped there for years. New alien species appear here at regular intervals, even though farming ceased many years ago. 

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Photo: Kristine Bakke Westergaard, NTNU University Museum

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