Kevo Research Station

Kevo research station from the bird perspective.
Kevo Research Station has been a base for studies on subarctic treeline habitats and northern nature and humans since 1991. There are several long term experimental ecosystem manipulations managed by the Station. These include several long term exclosures of various ages and sizes to study the impacts of reindeer on ecosystems.

A large exclosure established in 1968 has been instrumented with measuring towers inside and outside with a constant measuring of temperature, moisture, wind, solar radiation, snow depth etc. above tree canopy and at 2 m height, as well as in soil at different depths. Snow depth manipulation is combined with this a grazing experiment. Simulated acid rain and/or heavy metal pollution irrigation with replicated factorial design since 1991 (this includes increased vs. ambient precipitation experiment as well). Common garden experiments with arctic treeline trees. Replicated warming experiment in pine forest (10 pairs of 7 m2 plots).

Overview

Service provider: University of Turku
Co-ordinates: 69°45’N, 27°01’E
Contact info: Otso Suominen,
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Scientific info

Keywords

  • Terrestrial ecosystems
    Aquatic ecosystems
    Experimentation
    Ecosystem services

Research classification

  • Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • Archaeology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Climatology
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental sciences
  • Pollution
  • Food science
  • Geocryology
  • Geomorphology
  • Geodesy
  • Geology
  • Sedimentology
  • Geophysics
  • Hydrology
  • Limnology
  • Mapping, GIS
  • Microbiology
  • Fishery
  • Paleoecology
  • Soil science
  • Stream and spring ecology
  • Terrestrial biology
  • Ecology

Relevant research questions

  • Northern ecosystems
  • Impacts of herbivory (moth outbreaks, reindeer)
  • Climate change
  • Treeline dynamics
  • Biodiversity
  • River dynamics, sedimentation
  • Pollution
  • Permafrost

Co-located with

  • INTERACT
  • eLTER
Bird view photo of Kevo Research station.
Photo: Antti Tarponen.
Ungrazed forest in Kevo.
Photo: Otso Suominen.
Heating plot in Kevo forest.
Photo: Otso Suominen.
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