Land cover type modulates the distribution of litter in a Nordic cultural landscape.

ABSTRACT: Litter pollution is a global environmental problem that occurs in virtually all ecosystems. Scientific research on anthropogenic litter and its environmental impacts focusses predominantly on plastics and the marine environment. Little empirical knowledge exists about the distribution and ecological impacts of litter in terrestrial environments, where most litter is produced. To start closing that knowledge gap, we investigated the distribution of litter in a cultural landscape in central Norway and in relation to land cover types. We registered and collected litter in 110 survey plots that were randomly stratified across various land cover types. Our results show that land cover type modulates the occurrence, abundance, fragments size, and that litter is most present and abundant in or ne

SUBMITTER: Eide SKK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645623 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature