Bergslagen (LTSER platform) - Sweden

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Basic Information
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Site Name
Bergslagen (LTSER platform)
Short name
Bergslagen LTSER platform
Country
Sweden
Web Address
Sustainable Bergslagen
Operating Organisation
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Site Manager
Per Angelstam
Johan Törnblom
Site Description
Bergslagen is an informal region in south-central Sweden (ca. 59–61º N latitude, 13–15º E longitude). The history of industrial natural resource use began with production of metals more than 2000 years ago. The name Bergslagen comes from the words mine (berg in Swedish) and law or team (lag in Swedish). The landscapes of Bergslagen form a gradient between urban areas in Mälardalen with temperate forest remnants in agricultural settings, and rural remote boreal forest regions. Bergslagen includes parts of nine counties, and all municipalities and communities in its core has a peripheral location in relation to regional centres of economic growth. Read more: Angelstam, P., K. Andersson, M. Isacson, D.V. Gavrilov, R. Axelsson, M. Bäckström, E. Degerman, M. Elbakidze, E. Yu. Kazakova-Apkarimova, L. Sartz, S. Sädbom, J. Törnblom. 2013. Learning about the history of landscape use for the future: consequences for ecological and social systems in Swedish Bergslagen. AMBIO 42(2): 150–163. Naumov, V., Manton, M., Elbakidze, M., Rendenieks, Z., Priedniek, J., Uglyanets, S., Yamelynets, T., Zhivotov, A., Angelstam, P. 2018. How to reconcile wood production and biodiversity conservation? The Pan-European boreal forest history gradient as an “experiment”. Journal of Environmental Management 218:1-13.
Last modified
2023-07-11 09:07:13

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Closed
Year Established
2011
Year Closed
2023
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
Photos
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Geographic
Sites are only displayed in the site overview map when they have set an active site status.
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 60 Longitude: 14

Size
ca. 4388200.00ha
Elevation (average)
150.00msl
Elevation (min)
2.00msl
Elevation (max)
500.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Taiga
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Forest
Boreal forests/taiga
Deciduous Forest
Taiga
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Small lakes
Rivers
Fresh Water Rivers
Small rivers
Urban
Biogeographical Region
Boreal Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Buildings of cities, towns and villages (J1)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Extractive industrial sites (J3)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Highly artificial man-made waters and associated structures (J5)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Low density buildings (J2)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas (J4)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Waste deposits (J6)
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Domestic gardens of city and town centres (X24)
Habitat complexes (X) » Domestic gardens of villages and urban peripheries (X25)
Habitat complexes (X) » Intensively-farmed crops interspersed with strips of natural and/or semi-natural vegetation (X07)
Habitat complexes (X) » Land sparsely wooded with broadleaved deciduous trees (X13)
Habitat complexes (X) » Pasture woods (with a tree layer overlying pasture) (X09)
Habitat complexes (X) » Raised bog complexes (X04)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1)
Mires, bogs and fens (D)
Mires, bogs and fens (D) » Raised and blanket bogs (D1)
Mires, bogs and fens (D) » Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires (D2)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Cultivated areas of gardens and parks (I2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Boreal bog conifer woodland (G3.D)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Highly artificial coniferous plantations (G3.F)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Pine taiga woodland (G3.B)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Scots pine woodland south of the taiga (G3.4)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Spruce taiga woodland (G3.A)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5) » Lines of trees (G5.1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5) » Small broadleaved deciduous anthropogenic woodlands (G5.2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
4.00°C
Precipitation Annual
700.00mm
Geology
The Bergslagen region is situated predominantly in the south-western part of the Svecokarelian orogen in the Fennoscandian Shield. The region is dominated by Palaeoproterozoic rocks formed between 1.9 and 1.8 Ga. These rocks were variably affected by Svecokarelian deformation and metamorphism over the whole region during the same time period and, to variable extent in western areas, by a Sveconorwegian tectonic overprint between 1.0 and 0.9 Ga. Subordinate rocks consist of an alkaline intrusive rock of uncertain age and rock that formed around or after 1.7 Ga. The latter include Proterozoic rocks that formed after the Svecokarelian orogenic activity but are variably affected, in western areas, by Sveconorwegian deformation and metamorphism. Fault-bounded outliers of Neoproterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks are also present and form a cover to the crystalline bedrock in this part of the shield.The Bergslagen region in central Sweden forms one of Sweden?s important provinces for the exploitation of metallic mineral deposits, with three currently operating mines at the base metal sulphide deposits Garpenberg, Zinkgruvan and Lovisagruvan.
Vegetation
Bergslagen is located in the transition zone between Fennoscandia´s northernmost temperate deciduous forest areas and the southernmost boreal coniferous forest ares. On average forests cover about 70% of the area. The vast majority of these forests are managed for sustained yield wood production, and with a focus on Norway spruce and Scots pine. Mires, both raised bogs in the south and fens in the north, are common.
Soils
The terrain in Bergslagen is undulating and consists of hilly till-covered woodlands, and broad valleys covered with the gravelly or sandy deposits of glacial rivers and ice-dammed lakes, ablation (dead-ice) moraine rich in sand and boulders. Below the highest late-glacial coast line of the Baltic Sea there are also fine fraction sediments, e. g. silt, hut as a rule not clay. The highest coast line is situated at about 200 m above the present sea level; most of the cultivated soil is below this limit.
Hydrology
Bergslagen is centered on the watershed between river catchments that flow into the Baltic bay, the Baltis sea and the North sea. Lakes are abundant, and range from oligotrohic at and above the highest late-glacial coast line to eutrophic at low altitudes.
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » All over site/catchment
Equipment notes
Lodging and office facilities are available at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences' units in Skinnskatteberg (School for Forest Management) and Grimsö (Department of Ecology). Both units are centrally located in the Bergslagen region.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
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Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.