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Temperature, precipitation, birch and fireweed chemistry, and moose (Alces alces) calf mass in northern Sweden

SND-ID: 2022-245

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sheila Holmes - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Kjell Danell - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Göran Ericsson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

John Ball - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Description

Data and R code used in piecewise structural equation modelling for a study that compared the direct and indirect impacts of temperature and precipitation on moose calf mass in northern Sweden. The study was initiated in 1988 in an effort to examine the impacts of climate change on common forage species of the economically and culturally important moose in Sweden. It ran until 1997 and was re-started in 2017.

Temperature and precipitation variables are derived from SMHI weather station data. Average moose calf mass for study sites is derived from data from the Swedish Hunter's Association and individual hunting teams. Both weather and moose calf mass represent mean values within a 50km radius of each study site. Nitrogen and neutral detergent fibre measures are the result of near-infrared spectroscopy modelling, using 50 samples to calibrate the model. Samples were collected from 1-ha sites and included material from 30 individuals of either downy birch or fireweed.

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Principal's reference number

SLU.vfm.2022.4.4-108

Responsible department/unit

Wildlife, fish and environmental studies

Contributor(s)

Sabrina Dressel - Wagening University & Research orcid

Robert Spitzer - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Julien Morel - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences orcid

Fredrik Widemo - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies orcid

Navinder Singh - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences orcid

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Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Kempe Foundation rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: JCK-1914

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: 2018-02875

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: NV-01337–15/NV-03047–16/NV-08503–18
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

1988 – 1997

2017 – 2019

Species and taxons

alces alces (linnaeus, 1758)
epilobium l.
betula pubescens ehrh.
epilobium angustifolium

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description: Västerbotten and Norrbotten counties in northern Sweden. A .tsv file (sites_no.tsv.tsv) with sites where the data has been collected is available under data and documentation. Data has been collected approximately 50 km from the specified sites in the list.

Topic and keywords

Research area

Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Ecology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

deer/moose, leaf nitrogen concentration, temperature, precipitation amount, downy birch, fireweed, fibre content, elk

Publications

Holmes SM, Dressel S, Morel J, Spitzer R, Ball JB, Ericsson G, Singh NJ, Widemo F, Cromsigt JPGM, Danell K. 2023. Increased summer temperature is associated with reduced calf mass of a circumpolar large mammal through direct thermoregulatory and indirect, food quality, pathways. Oecologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05367-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05367-0

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Dataset
Temperature, precipitation, birch and fireweed chemistry, and moose (Alces alces) calf mass in northern Sweden

Description

The dataset contains the following files.

DataWeatherVegMoose.tsv is the data itself (TSV format, 236 rows × 10 columns). This includes the following variables:

Total precipitation (mm) from the start of the growing season, defined as the first day of the first four consecutive days each calendar year that each have a mean daily temperature greater than or equal to 5 degrees C, to July 17 of that year. This is an average value for all SMHI weather stations within a 50 km radius of a site.

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Citation

Sheila Holmes, Kjell Danell, John Ball, Göran Ericsson. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2023). Temperature, precipitation, birch and fireweed chemistry, and moose (Alces alces) calf mass in northern Sweden. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. https://doi.org/10.5878/j1fh-8w11

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sheila Holmes - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Kjell Danell - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

John Ball - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Göran Ericsson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Wildlife, fish and environmental studies orcid

Published: 2023-01-18
Last updated: 2023-04-05