Temporal and Spatial Patterns at Alpine Treeline in the Sierra Nevada USA
Author : Andrew Godard Bunn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Global environmental change
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Author : Andrew Godard Bunn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Global environmental change
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Author : Andrew Godard Bunn
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Global environmental exchange
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Author : Eugene A. Vaganov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2006-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540312986
Dendrochronologists have long estimated the impact of climate on tree-ring growth by empirical-statistical methods. The use of the model is illustrated with examples from widely differing environments, and possible future directions for model development and application are discussed. As forests are the main carbon sink on land, the results are of great importance for all global change studies.
Author : S P Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811944768
This book brings together comprehensive multi-disciplinary knowledge on diverse aspects of the Himalayan treeline ecotone which is considered one of the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change. The contents of this book are based on the results of extensive research and provide a holistic understanding of the treeline ecotone in Himalaya. The book will serve as an important reference manual and a textbook on treeline ecology. The book is unique in the sense that it provides an engaging account of almost all the aspects of the treeline ecotone, such as taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic species diversity, temperature lapse rates, tree phenology, water relations, and stress physiology, tree ring width chronology, and climate relationships and the role of treeline ecotone in human sustenance in the Indian Himalayan region The treelines in the Himalaya, being the highest in the Northern Hemisphere (up to 4900 m), are among the least investigated systems and hence this book is timely and fills all-important knowledge gaps vis-à-vis treeline shifts, physiognomic, structural, and functional changes in mountain landscapes and ecosystems, particularly under the changing climate This book, for the first time, summarizes evidence-based knowledge about various aspects of treeline ecotone in Himalaya that was largely generated through a well-coordinated a team science approach. The book will be of interest to ecologists, climatologists, dendrochronologists, foresters, plant physiologists and resource managers and policy planners for a better understanding of the organization and dynamics of this fragile ecosystem in relation to climate change and other anthropogenic stresses that are rampant in the Himalaya. The book lays a solid foundation for further investigation of the ecology and dynamics of the treeline ecotone in the Himalayas and provides a rationale for pursuing a team science approach for macroecological investigations.
Author : Kevin J. Kelly Elder
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Page : 198 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Mountain ecology
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Page : 740 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 2009
Category : National parks and reserves
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Page : 812 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Alpine regions
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Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 18,59 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Ecology
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Author : Gabriele Broll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 15,21 MB
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540273654
This volume focuses on interaction between vegetation, relief, climate, soil and fauna in the treeline ecotone, and the effects of climate change and land use in North America and Europe.
Author : Michael Barbour
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2007-07-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520249550
"This completely new edition of Terrestrial Vegetation of California clearly documents the extraordinary complexity and richness of the plant communities and of the state and the forces that shape them. This volume is a storehouse of information of value to anyone concerned with meeting the challenge of understanding, managing or conserving these unique plant communities under the growing threats of climate change, biological invasions and development."—Harold Mooney, Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University "The plants of California are under threat like never before. Traditional pressures of development and invasive species have been joined by a newly-recognized threat: human-caused climate change. It is essential that we thoroughly understand current plant community dynamics in order to have a hope of conserving them. This book represents an important, well-timed advance in knowledge of the vegetation of this diverse state and is an essential resource for professionals, students, and the general public alike."—Brent Mishler, Director of the University & Jepson Herbaria and Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley