Heimildir - References - - - Ástand lands - Land condition
Hér eru nokkrar heimildir á ensku og íslensku, en mun ítarlegri listi er í heimildarlista ritsins "Ástand lands og hrun íslenskra vistkerfa". ítrekuð er ábending um ritið "Að lesa og lækna landið" , en einnig greinina "Hnignun gróðurs og jarðvegs" eftir Ásu L. Aradóttir o.fl. (1992) og 12 kafla bókarinnar "The Soils of Iceland" fyrir efni á ensku.
Here are some references on land condition (in part based on the 12th Chapter in "The Soils of Iceland", titled "Collapse, Erosion, Condition and Restoration". A more detailed reference list is in "Ástand lands og hrun íslenskra visterfa" ("Land condition and the collapse of Icelandic ecosystems").
Aradottir AL (2007) Restoration of birch and willow woodland on eroded areas. In Halldorsson G, Oddsdottir ES, Eggertsson O (eds) Effects of afforestation on ecosystems, landscape and rural development. TemaNord 508: 67-74
Aradottir AL (2012) Turf transplants for restoration of alpine vegetation: does size matter? J Appl Ecol 49:439–446
Aradottir AL, Arnalds O (2001) Ecosystem degradation and restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland. In: Wielgolaski FE (ed) Nordic Mountain Birch Ecosystems. Man and the Biosphere Series, UNESCO, Paris, and Parthenon Publishing, Carnforth, pp 295-308
Aradottir AL, Eysteinsson Th (2005) Restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland. In: Stanturf JA, Madsen P (eds) Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 195-209
Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) (2011) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7
Aradottir AL, Hagen D (2013) Ecological restoration: approaches and impacts on vegetation, soils and society. Advances in Agronomy 120:173-222
Aradottir AL, Oskarsdottir G (2013) The use of native turf transplants for roadside revegetation in a subarctic area. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 26:59-67
Aradottir AL, Arnalds O, Archer S (1992) Degradation of vegetation and soils (Hnignun grodurs og jardvegs). Græðum Island, Soil Conservation Service Yearbook 1991-1992:73-82 (in Icelandic)
Aradottir AL, Svavarsdottir K, Jonsson ThH, Gudbergsson G (2000) Carbon accumulation in vegetation and soils by reclamation of degraded areas. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 13:99-113
Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G, Svavarsdottir K, Arnalds O (2011) Ecological restoration research; an overview (Vistheimtarrannsóknir – yfirlit). In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) (2011) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7, pp 112-127 (in Icelandic)
Aradottir AL, Petursdottir T, Halldorsson G, Svavarsdottir K, Arnalds O (2013) Drivers of ecological restoration: Lessons from a century of restoration in Iceland. Ecology and Society 18:33. http//dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05946-180433
Arnalds A (1987) Ecosystem disturbance in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:508-513
Arnalds A (1988) Landgæði á Íslandi fyrr og nú (Land resources in Iceland, past and present). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic Soil Conservation Yearbook) 1:13-32
Arnalds A (2005) Approaches to landcare – A century of soil conservation in Iceland. Land Degradation & Development 16:113-125
Arnalds A (2011) Farmers heal the land: a social license for agriculture in Iceland, pages 83-92 In: Williams J, Martin P (eds) Defending the Social License of Farming. CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, Australia
Arnalds O (1990) Characterization and Erosion of Andisols in Iceland. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Arnalds O (1997) To Read the Land. Agricultural Research Institute (now AUI) and the Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, Iceland. ISBN 9979-60-307-0 (in Icelandic)
Arnalds O (2000a) The Icelandic “rofabard” soil erosion features. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25:17-28
Arnalds O (2010) Dust sources and deposition of aeolian materials in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 23:3-21
Arnalds O (2013) The influence of volcanic tephra (ash) on ecosystems. Advances in Agronomy 121:331-380
Arnalds O, Barkarson BH (2003) Soil erosion and land use policy in Iceland in relation to sheep grazing and government subsidies. Environmental Science & Policy 6:105-113
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL (2011) Rask á Íslandi (Ecosystem disturbance in Iceland). In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) Vistheimt á Íslandi (Restoration in Iceland). Agricultural University of Iceland and the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, pp 19-23
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL (2014) To Read and Heal the Land. Icelandic Environmental Association (Landvernd) and the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik (in Icelandic)
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL, Thorsteinsson I (1987) The nature and restoration of denuded areas in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:518-525
Arnalds O, Thorarinsdottir EF, Metusalemsson S, Jonsson A, Gretarsson E, Arnason A (1997) Jardvegsrof á Íslandi (Soil Erosion in Iceland). The Icelandic Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Research University (now Agricultural University of Iceland), Reykjavik (in Icelandic),
http://jardvegsstofa.lbhi.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=1806
Arnalds O, Thorarinsdottir EF, Metusalemsson S, Jonsson A, Gretarsson E, Arnason A (2001) Soil Erosion in Iceland. The Soil Conservation Service (Landgræðsla ríkisins) and the Agricultural Research Institute (Rala), Reykjavík. Translation of the original 1997 publication
http://jardvegsstofa.lbhi.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=1807
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL, Gudbergsson G (2002) Organic carbon sequestration by restoration of severely degraded areas in Iceland. In: Kimble JM, Lal R, Follet RF (eds) Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil. Lewis publishers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 267-280
Arnalds O, Orradottir B, Aradottir AL (2013) Carbon accumulation in Icelandic desert Andosols during early stages of restoration. Geoderma 193-194:172-179
Arnalds O, Olafsson H, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P (2014) Quantification of iron-rich volcanogenic dust emissions and deposition over ocean from Icelandic dust sources. Beogeosciences in review
Bjarnason H (1942) Ábúð og örtröð (Land use and over-exploitation). Iceland Forest Society Yearbook 1942:8-40 (in Icelandic)
Crofts R (2011) Healing the Land. Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Gunnarsholt, Hella, Iceland. ISBN 978-9979-9295-5-0
Cutler NA, Belyea LR, Dugmore AJ (2008) The spatiotemporal dynamics of primary succession. Journal of Ecology 96:231-246
Dagsson-Waldhauserova P, Arnalds O, Olafsson H (2013) Long-term frequency and characteristics of dust storm events in Northeast Iceland (1949-2011), Atmospheric Environment 77:117-127
Diamond J (2005) Collapse. Penguin, New York
Doner L (2003) Late-Holocene paleoenvironments of northwest Iceland from lake sediments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 193:535-560
Dugmore AJ, Newton AJ, Larsen G, Cook GT (2000) Tephrochronology, environmental change and the Norse Settlement of Iceland. Environmental Archaeology 5:21-34
Dugmore AJ, Church MJ, Mairs K-A, McGovern TH, Perdikaris S, Vesteinsson O (2007) Abandoned farms, volcanic impacts, and woodland management: revisiting Þjórsárdalur, the „Pompeii of Iceland“. Arctic Anthropology 44:1-11
Einarsson Th (1962) Vitnisburður frjógreiningar um gróður, veðurfar og landnám á Íslandi (Pollen evidence about vegetation, climate and the Settlement of Iceland). Saga 1962:442-469 (in Icelandic)
Einarsson Th (1968) Jarðfræði. Saga bergs og lands (Geology, a History of Rocks and Land). Mál og Menning, Reykjavík (in Icelandic)
Elmarsdottir A, Aradottir AL, Trlica MJ (2003) Microsite availability and establishment of native species on degraded and reclaimed sites. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:815-823
Erlendsson E, Edwards KJ, Buckland PC (2009) Vegetational response to human colonisation of the coastal and volcanic environments of Ketilstaðir, southern Iceland. Quaternary Research 72:174-187
Gardarsson A, Magnusson B, Thorleifsson EO, Oskarsson H, Hilmarsson JO, Lund NA, Thrainsson S, Baldursson T (2006) Endurheimt votlendis 1996-2006. (Wetland restoration 1996-2006). Report of the Wetland Committee (Skýrsla Votlendisnefndar). Ed. Daniel Bergmann. Agricultural Ministry, Reykjavík (in Icelandic)
Geirsdottir A, Miller GH, Thordarson Th, Olafsdottir KB (2009) A 2000 year record of climate variations reconstructed from Haukadalsvatn, West Iceland. J Paleolimnol 49:95-115
Geirsson O (1998) Draining of wetlands. In: Olafsson JS (ed) Icelandic Wetlands. Háskólaútgáfan (University Publishing), University of Iceland, Reykjavik, pp 105-119 (in Icelandic)
Gerrard AJ (1985) Soil erosion and landscape stability in southern Iceland: a tephrochronological approach. In: Richards K, Arnett R, Ellis S (eds) Geomorphology and Soils. George Allen and Unwin Ldt, UK, pp 78-95
Gisladottir FO, Arnalds O, Gisladottir G (2005) The effect of landscape and retreating glaciers on wind erosion in South Iceland. Land Degradation and Development 16:177–187
Gisladottir G (1998) Environmental Characterisation and Change in South-western Iceland. PhD thesis, The Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University Dissertation Series No 10, Stockholm, Sweden
Gisladottir G, Erlendsson E, Lal R (2011) Soil evidence for historical human-induced land degradation in West Iceland. Appl Geochem 26:S28–S31
Gisladottir G, Erlendsson E, Lal R, Bigham J (2010) Erosional effects on terrestrial resources over the last millennium in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland. Quaternary Research 73:20-32
Gislason SR (2012) The Carbon Cycle (Kolefnishringrásin). Hið Íslenska Bókmenntafélag, Reykjavík, Iceland. ISBN 978-9979-66-303-4
Greipsson S (2012) Catastrophic soil erosion in Iceland: Impact of long-term climate change, compounded natural disturbances and human driven land-use changes. Catena 98:41-54
Gretarsdottir J, Aradottir AL, Vandvik V, Heegaard E, Birks JB (2004) Long-term effects of reclamation treatments on plant succession in Iceland. Restoration Ecology 12:268-278
Gudbergsson G (1975) Soil Formation in Skagafjörður, northern Iceland. Journal of Agricultural Research in Iceland 7:20-45 (in Icelandic, extended English summary)
Gudbergsson G (1996) The influence of human habitation on soil and vegetation in three counties in North-Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 10:31-81 (in Icelandic, extended English Summary)
Gudmundsson HJ (1997) A review of the Holocene environmental history of Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 16:81-92
Gudmundsson Th (1991) Soils of the experimental areas (Jarðvegsrannsóknir á tilraunasvæðum). In: Thorsteinsson I (ed) Reclamation on Auðkúluheiði and Eyvindarstaðaheiði 1981-1989. Rala Report 151, Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavík, pp 51-70 (in Icelandic)
Halldorsson G, Svavarsdottir K, Thorarinsdottir EF, Runolfsson S (2011) Ecological restoration by the Soil Conservation Service, pp 40-48 (in Icelandic)
Hallsdottir M (1995) On the pre-settlement history of Icelandic vegetation. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 9:17-29
Hallsdottir M, Caseldine CJ (2005) The Holocene vegetation history of Iceland, state-of-the art and future research. In: Caseldine C, Russel A, Hardardottir J, Kudsen O (eds) Iceland – Modern Processes and Past Environments. Developments in Quaternary Science 5:319-334
Hallsdottir BS, Wöll C, Gudmundsson J, Snorrason A, Thorsson J (2013) Emissions of greenhouse gases in Iceland from 1990 to 2011. National Inventory Report 2013. Environmental Agency of Iceland, Reykjavik
Hanna E, Jonsson T, Bos JE (2004) An analysis of Icelandic climate since the nineteenth century. International Journal of Climatology 24:1193-1210
Helgadottir A, Eythorsdottir E, Johannesson T (2013) Agriculture in Iceland – A grassland based production. Grassland Science in Europe 18:30-43
Herrick JE, Sala OE, Karl JW (2013) Land degradation and climate change: a sin of omission? Guest editorial. Frontiers in Ecology 11: 213
Imeson A (2012) Desertification, Land Degradation and Sustainability. Paradigms, Processes, Principles and Policies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Jonsdottir IS (1984) Effects of grazing on the vegetation of Auðkúluheiði heathland, Northern Iceland. Náttúrufræðingurinn 53:19-40 (in Icelandic)
Karlsson G (2000) Icelands‘s 1100 Years. History of a Marginal Society. C.Hurst & Co Ltd, London, UK
Kristinsson H, Heidmarsson S (2009) Colonization of lichens in Surtsey 1970-2006. Surtsey Research 12:81-104
Larsen DJ, Miller GH, Geirsdottir A, Thordarson Th (2011) A 3000-year varved record of glacier activity and climate change from the proglacial lake Hvítárvatn, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews 30:2715-2731
Lawson IT, Gathorne-Hardy FJ, Church MJ, Newton AJ, Edwards KJ, Dugmore AJ, Einarsson A (2007) Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland. Boreas 36: DOI 10.1080/03009480600827298
Magnusson B (1998) Vegetation of drained mires (Gróður í framræstum mýrum). In: Olafsson JS (ed) Icelandic Wetlands. Háskólaútgáfan (University Publishing), University of Iceland, Reykjavik, pp 105-119 (in Icelandic)
Magnusson B, Magusson SH, Fridriksson S (2009) Developments in plant colonization and succession on Surtsey during 1999-2008. Surstey Research 12:57-76
Magnusson SH (1997) Restoration of eroded areas in Iceland. In: Urbanska KM, Webb NR, Edwards PJ (eds) Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 188-211
Marteinsdottir B, Svavarsdottir K, Thorhallsdottir Th (2010) Development of vegetation patterns in early primary succession. Journal of Vegetation Science 21:531-540
Montgomery DR (2007) Dirt. University of California Press, Berkeley, California
Oddsdottir ES, Svavarsdottir K, Halldorsson G (2008) The influence of land reclamation and afforestation on soil arthropods in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 21:3-15
Ogilvie AEJ (2005) Local knowledge and travellers‘ tale: a selection of climate observations in Iceland. In: Caseldine C, Russel A, Hardardottir J, Kudsen O (eds) Iceland – Modern Processes and Past Environments. Developments in Quaternary Science 5:257-287
Ogilvie AEJ, Jonsson T (2001) „Little Ice Age“ research: A perspective from Iceland. Climate Change 48:9-52
Olafsdottir R, Schlyter P, Haraldsson HV (2001) Simulating Icelandic vegetation cover during the Holocene. Implications for long-term land degradation. Geografiska Annaler 83A:203-215
Olafsdottir S (2013) Reasons for and impact from wetland drainage in Mýrasýsla 1930 – 1990 (Ástæður og áhrif framræslu í Mýrasýslu). BS thesis, Agricultural University of Iceland, Hvanneyri, Borgarnes, Iceland
Olgeirsson FG (2007) The Seeders of Sand. The History of Land Reclamation in Iceland 1907 – 2007. (Sáðmenn sandanna. Saga landgræðslu á Íslandi 1907-2007). Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Gunnarsholt, Hella, Iceland (in Icelandic)
Orradottir B, Archer SR, Arnalds O, Wilding LP, Thurow TL (2008) Infiltration in Icelandic Andisols: The role of vegetation and soil frost. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40:412-421
Oskarsson BV, Riishuus MS, Arnalds O (2012) Climate-dependent chemical weathering of volcanic soils in Iceland. Geoderma 189-190:635-651
Oskarsson H (1998) Wetland drainage of the western lowlands (Framræsla votlendis á Vesturlandi). In: Olafsson JS (ed), Icelandic Wetlands. Háskólaútgáfan (University Publishing), University of Iceland, Reykjavik, pp 121-129
Oskarsson H. (2008) Wetland restoration – a potential method to reduce green-house gas emissions. Agricultural Congress (Fræðaþing landbúnaðarins) 2008: 298-301 (in Icelandic)
Oskarsson H (2011) The Hekla Woodlands Project (Hekluskógar). In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) Vistheimt á Íslandi (Restoration in Iceland). Agricultural University of Iceland and the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, pp71-74 (in Icelandic). ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7.
Oskarsson H, Brynleifsdottir SJ (2009) The interaction of fertilization in nursery and field on survival, growth and the frost heaving of birch and spruce. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 22:59-68
Oskarsson H, Magnusson G, Halldorsson G (2011) Thorsmörk and Godaland. In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, pp 75-76 (in Icelandic) ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7.
Petursdottir Th (2011) Farmers Heal the Land. In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, pp 84-85 (in Icelandic) ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7
Petursdottir Th, Aradottir AL (2011) History of ecological restoration in Iceland. In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, pp 31-36 (in Icelandic) ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7
Runolfsson S (1987) Land reclamation in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:514-519
Sigbjarnarson G (1969) The loessial soil formation and the soil erosion on Haudadalsheidi. Náttúrufræðingurinn 39:68-118 (in Icelandic, extended English summary)
Sigurdsson S (1977) Birki á Íslandi (útbreiðsla og ástand). (Birch in Iceland – distribution and condition). In: Gudmundsson H (ed) Skógarmál. Edda, Reykjavik, pp 146-172 (in Icelandic)
Sigurjonsson A (1958) Ágrip af gróðursögu landsins til 1880 (A summary of the vegetation history of Iceland to 1880). In: Sigurjonsson A (ed) Sandgræðslan. Minnzt 50 ára starfs Sandgræðslu ríkisins. Búnaðarfélag Íslands and Sandgræðsla ríkisins, Reykjavík (in Icelandic)
Stoops G, Gerard M, Arnalds O (2008) A micromorphological study of Andosol genesis in Iceland. In: Kapur S, Mermut A, Stoops G (eds) New Trends in Micromorphology. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 67-90
Strachan IB, Sigurdsson BD, McCaughey JH (1998) Soil hydrology at the Gunnarsholt plantation: measurements and results. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 12:27-34
Streeter RT, Dugmore AJ (2012) Reconstructing late-Holocene environmental change in Iceland using high-resolution tephrochronology. The Holocene 23:197-207
Streeter R, Dugmore AJ, Vesteinsson O (2012) Plague and landscape resilience in premodern Iceland. PNAS 109:3664-3669
Sveinbjarnardottir G, Buckland PC, Gerrard AJ (1982) Landscape change in Eyjafjallasveit, Southern Iceland. Norsk Geografisk Tidskrifter 36:75-88
Thorhallsdottir ThE, Thorsson J, Sigurdardottir S, Svavarsdottir K, Johannsson MH (1998) Wetland disturbance in the southern lowlands (Röskun votlendis á Suðurlandi). In: Olafsson JS (ed) Icelandic Wetlands. Háskólaútgáfan (University Publishing), University of Iceland, Reykjavik, pp 131-142 (in Icelandic)
Thorarinsson S (1944) Tefrokronologiska studier på Island. Munksgaard, Copenhagen
Thorarinsson S (1979) On the damage caused by volcanic eruptions with special reference to tephra and gases. In: Sheets PD, Grayson DK (eds) Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology. Academic Press, New York, pp 125–159
Thorsson J (2008) Desertification of high latitude ecosystems: Conceptual models, time-series analyses and experiments. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Thorsteinsson I, Olafsson G, Van Dyne GM (1971) Range Resources of Iceland. Journal of Range Management 24:86-93
Thorsteinsson I (ed) (1991) Reclamation on Auðkúluheiði and Eyvindarstaðaheiði 1981-1989. Rala Report 151, Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavik (in Icelandic)
Valdimarsdottir AM, Magnusson SH (2013) Vegetation of Videy, an isolated island in the River Thorsa. Náttúrufræðingurinn 83:49-60 (In Icelandic, English summary)
Vickers K, Erlendsson E, Church MJ, Edwards KJ, Bending J (2011) 1000 years of environmental change and human impact at Stóra-Mörk, southern Iceland. A multiproxy study of a dynamic and vulnerable landscape. The Holocene 21:979-995
Wald EC (2012) Land-use development in South Iceland 1900-2010. MSc thesis, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
Here are some references on land condition (in part based on the 12th Chapter in "The Soils of Iceland", titled "Collapse, Erosion, Condition and Restoration". A more detailed reference list is in "Ástand lands og hrun íslenskra visterfa" ("Land condition and the collapse of Icelandic ecosystems").
Aradottir AL (2007) Restoration of birch and willow woodland on eroded areas. In Halldorsson G, Oddsdottir ES, Eggertsson O (eds) Effects of afforestation on ecosystems, landscape and rural development. TemaNord 508: 67-74
Aradottir AL (2012) Turf transplants for restoration of alpine vegetation: does size matter? J Appl Ecol 49:439–446
Aradottir AL, Arnalds O (2001) Ecosystem degradation and restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland. In: Wielgolaski FE (ed) Nordic Mountain Birch Ecosystems. Man and the Biosphere Series, UNESCO, Paris, and Parthenon Publishing, Carnforth, pp 295-308
Aradottir AL, Eysteinsson Th (2005) Restoration of birch woodlands in Iceland. In: Stanturf JA, Madsen P (eds) Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 195-209
Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) (2011) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7
Aradottir AL, Hagen D (2013) Ecological restoration: approaches and impacts on vegetation, soils and society. Advances in Agronomy 120:173-222
Aradottir AL, Oskarsdottir G (2013) The use of native turf transplants for roadside revegetation in a subarctic area. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 26:59-67
Aradottir AL, Arnalds O, Archer S (1992) Degradation of vegetation and soils (Hnignun grodurs og jardvegs). Græðum Island, Soil Conservation Service Yearbook 1991-1992:73-82 (in Icelandic)
Aradottir AL, Svavarsdottir K, Jonsson ThH, Gudbergsson G (2000) Carbon accumulation in vegetation and soils by reclamation of degraded areas. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 13:99-113
Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G, Svavarsdottir K, Arnalds O (2011) Ecological restoration research; an overview (Vistheimtarrannsóknir – yfirlit). In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) (2011) Ecological Restoration in Iceland. Agricultural University of Iceland and Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, ISBN 978-9979-881-08-7, pp 112-127 (in Icelandic)
Aradottir AL, Petursdottir T, Halldorsson G, Svavarsdottir K, Arnalds O (2013) Drivers of ecological restoration: Lessons from a century of restoration in Iceland. Ecology and Society 18:33. http//dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05946-180433
Arnalds A (1987) Ecosystem disturbance in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:508-513
Arnalds A (1988) Landgæði á Íslandi fyrr og nú (Land resources in Iceland, past and present). Græðum Ísland (Icelandic Soil Conservation Yearbook) 1:13-32
Arnalds A (2005) Approaches to landcare – A century of soil conservation in Iceland. Land Degradation & Development 16:113-125
Arnalds A (2011) Farmers heal the land: a social license for agriculture in Iceland, pages 83-92 In: Williams J, Martin P (eds) Defending the Social License of Farming. CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, Australia
Arnalds O (1990) Characterization and Erosion of Andisols in Iceland. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Arnalds O (1997) To Read the Land. Agricultural Research Institute (now AUI) and the Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, Iceland. ISBN 9979-60-307-0 (in Icelandic)
Arnalds O (2000a) The Icelandic “rofabard” soil erosion features. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25:17-28
Arnalds O (2010) Dust sources and deposition of aeolian materials in Iceland. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences 23:3-21
Arnalds O (2013) The influence of volcanic tephra (ash) on ecosystems. Advances in Agronomy 121:331-380
Arnalds O, Barkarson BH (2003) Soil erosion and land use policy in Iceland in relation to sheep grazing and government subsidies. Environmental Science & Policy 6:105-113
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL (2011) Rask á Íslandi (Ecosystem disturbance in Iceland). In: Aradottir AL, Halldorsson G (eds) Vistheimt á Íslandi (Restoration in Iceland). Agricultural University of Iceland and the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, pp 19-23
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL (2014) To Read and Heal the Land. Icelandic Environmental Association (Landvernd) and the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik (in Icelandic)
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL, Thorsteinsson I (1987) The nature and restoration of denuded areas in Iceland. Arctic and Alpine Research 19:518-525
Arnalds O, Thorarinsdottir EF, Metusalemsson S, Jonsson A, Gretarsson E, Arnason A (1997) Jardvegsrof á Íslandi (Soil Erosion in Iceland). The Icelandic Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Research University (now Agricultural University of Iceland), Reykjavik (in Icelandic),
http://jardvegsstofa.lbhi.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=1806
Arnalds O, Thorarinsdottir EF, Metusalemsson S, Jonsson A, Gretarsson E, Arnason A (2001) Soil Erosion in Iceland. The Soil Conservation Service (Landgræðsla ríkisins) and the Agricultural Research Institute (Rala), Reykjavík. Translation of the original 1997 publication
http://jardvegsstofa.lbhi.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=1807
Arnalds O, Aradottir AL, Gudbergsson G (2002) Organic carbon sequestration by restoration of severely degraded areas in Iceland. In: Kimble JM, Lal R, Follet RF (eds) Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil. Lewis publishers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp 267-280
Arnalds O, Orradottir B, Aradottir AL (2013) Carbon accumulation in Icelandic desert Andosols during early stages of restoration. Geoderma 193-194:172-179
Arnalds O, Olafsson H, Dagsson-Waldhauserova P (2014) Quantification of iron-rich volcanogenic dust emissions and deposition over ocean from Icelandic dust sources. Beogeosciences in review
Bjarnason H (1942) Ábúð og örtröð (Land use and over-exploitation). Iceland Forest Society Yearbook 1942:8-40 (in Icelandic)
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