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Title Changing alpine treeline : the example of Glacier National Park, MT, USA.

Imprint Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2009.

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Series Developments in earth surface processes, 0928-2025 ; 12
Developments in earth surface processes ; 12.
Summary The alpine treeline ecotone (ATE) is an area of transition high on mountains where closed canopy forests from lower elevations give way to the open alpine tundra and rocky expanses above. Alpine tundra is an island biome and its ecotone with forest is subject to change, and like oceanic islands, alpine tundra is subject to invasion or the upward advance of treeline. The invasion of tundra by trees will have consequences for the tundra biome as invasion does for other island flora and fauna. To examine the invasibility of tundra we take a plant's-eye-view, wherein the local conditions become extremely important. Among these local conditions, we find geomorphology to be exceptionally important. We concentrate on aspects of microtopography (and microgeomorphology) and microclimate because these are the factors that matter: from the plant's-eye-view, but we pay attention to multiple scales. The objective of this book is to examine the controls on change at alpine treeline. All the papers are focused on work done in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Although any one place is limiting, we are able to examine the alpine treeline here in some detail - and an advantage is that the treeline ecotone in Glacier National Park is quite variable in itself due to the underlying variability in geomorphology at multiple scales.
Contents Understanding the Importance of Alpine Treeline Ecotones in Mountain Ecosystems / D.B. Fagre -- Pattern-Process Relations in the Alpine and Subalpine Environments: A Remote Sensing and GIScience Perspective / S.J. Walsh, D.G. Brown, Ch. A. Geddes, D.J. Weiss, S. McKnight, E.S. Hammer, and J.P. Tuttlea -- Ecotone Dynamics: Invasibility of Alpine Tundra by Tree Species from the Subalpine Forest / G.P. Malanson, D.G. Brown, D.R. Butler, D.M. Cairns, D.B. Fagre, and S.J. Walsh -- Geomorphic Patterns and Processes at Alpine Treeline / D.R. Butler, G.P. Malanson, L.M. Resler, S.J. Walsh, F.D. Wilkerson, G.L. Schmid, and C.F. Sawyer -- Environmental Controls on Turf-Banked Terraces / D.J. Weiss, S.J. Walsh, S.A. McKnight, and E.S. Hammer -- Soils and Pedogenesis at Alpine Treeline / G.L. Schmid, D.R. Butler, G.P. Malanson, and L.M. Resler -- Canopy Structure in the Krummholz and Patch Forest Zones / E.S. Hammer, and S.J. Walsh -- A Markov Analysis of Tree Islands at Alpine Treeline / L.M. Resler, and M.A. Fonstad -- Modeling Feedback Effects on Linear Patterns of Subalpine Forest Advancement / M.F. Bekker, and G.P. Malansonb -- The Future of Treeline / D.R. Butler, G.P. Malanson, and S.J. Walsh.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Timberline -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Geomorphology -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Climatic changes -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Mountain ecology -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Environmental conditions.
Limite supérieure de la forêt -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Géomorphologie -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Climat -- Changements -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Écologie des montagnes -- Montana -- Glacier National Park.
Glacier National Park (Mont.) -- Conditions environnementales.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Mountains.
Climatic changes
Ecology
Geomorphology
Mountain ecology
Timberline
Montana -- Glacier National Park
Baumgrenze
Klimaänderung
Hochgebirge
Glacier National Park USA
Baumgrenze.
Baumgrenze -- Nordamerika.
Gebirgsökologie -- Montana.
Indexed Term Climatic changes Montana Glacier National Park
Geomorphology Montana Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (Mont.) Environmental conditions
Mountain ecology Montana Glacier National Park
Timberline Montana Glacier National Park
Other Form: Print version: Changing alpine treeline. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2009 0444533648 9780444533647 (OCoLC)303020787
ISBN 9780444533647
0444533648
9780080957098 (ebook)
0080957099 (ebook)
Standard No. AU@ 000047155371
AU@ 000047499976
AU@ 000055632211
CHDSB 005985941
DEBBG BV042309415
DEBSZ 367775298
DEBSZ 430722664
DEBSZ 482450509
NZ1 15191900
UKMGB 017549514

 
    
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