Sentences with phrase «at tree line»

One of the most common criteria used in picking trees for temperature comparisons is that the tree is at the tree line.

There was a paper that showed that trees growing at the tree line on one mountain were temperature - sensitive, but those growing lower on the same mountain were not.

Furthermore, all fire - free woodlands and krummholz have a dense spruce cover often greater than 40 %, which suggests that each fire event at the tree line has a negative effect on spruce regeneration.

According to the distribution of fire dates and tree regeneration, the climate at the tree line was drier and warmer before 900 cal.

I suppose I read «Quebec» in the past and assumed north Quebec at its tree line.

The spruce tree in the photo (Figure 1) is at the tree line at Churchill.

At the tree line the ability to trap snow is critical to survival.

Moisture is a controlling factor even in harsh temperature conditions at the tree line.

Presumably, if a ring is missing at the tree line, it will be present at some elevation below this.

Being familiar with the area from doing both a bit of seismic reflection profiling there as well as recreation, I have to wonder whether Bristlecones at the tree line in the Whites and on the Eastern slope of the Sierra are more sensitive to moisture, or, temperature, in terms of their growth characteristics.

The property was ideal with a fence, lots of trees and natural hiding areas, and a little cabin in a meadow at the tree line that was renovated with insulation and a screened porch.

• At tree line, butterfly diversity is actually going up, as lower - elevation species react to the warming climate by moving upslope to higher, cooler elevations.

And because trees at the tree line are no longer living in the coldest thermal extreme they can withstand, he predicts that the tree line could be shifting higher.

«It's jarring because limber pine is a species you normally see further downslope, not at tree line.

Not exact matches

Through that network, she managed to get polo ponies to Hyde Park and deck the couple out in dressage gear for an unattended ride, at full - gallop, through tree - lined boulevards.

Clearing trees beside railway lines can cause soil erosion and even land slippageSandra Laville's article (Mile after mile of stumps: anger at trackside tree cull, 30 April) once again highlights decisions about tree care and management being made without a full understanding of the roles of trees and other vegetation in the landscape.

You can stroll along the tree - lined promenade and long stretch of fine, soft - sand beach, watch the expert surfers, browse the shops, and sip a drink or indulge in a delicious meal at one of the many waterfront cafés at your own expense.

No; but with them gone I see the years ahead opening like a pathway deep in snow above the tree line; ridges I can't tread at half the pace of thirty years ago, when I was starting out.

I thought I grew out of the flags and the happy - clappy Jesus - is - my - boyfriend songs, that I was too wise and smart for such sentimental things but in my maturity now I want to shout out hallelujah and fling myself to the ground prostrate, in gratitude for dirt and little boys, for babies and the lines around my eyes, for Johnny Cash and pine trees at dusk, for the taste of cold water and the vineyard, for the piano and the ones from among us who stand to lead us out into the day singing.

Evelynn's little hands are holding onto the tray of her stroller and I could drop to my knees in thankfulness for dimples at the base of fingers, for buds on the trees, for the coming of spring, for the first crocus of the season, for friends that live just down that street there, for pine trees and rough hewn fence lines.

Tillman's home is at the end of a winding, tree - lined street in the Hollywood Hills.

Dream crushers were, to me, at first, those teachers that told you to colour inside the lines, to draw a tree this way, and recite a poem that way.

Beyond coconut, jojoba, Hawaiian sandalwood, jasmine grandiflorum, and gardenia tiare lies a skin - healing bath just at the end of this palm tree - lined path.

The farmer stopped at her line of trees, edging a barley field.

By the time I reach the toll booth at the Connecticut line the sky has begun to lighten and I can see the trees outlined against it.

When Hinkle and Chi Chi Rodriguez, in the same threesome, reached the 7th green, they looked at the tree before lining up their putts, and they started laughing.

If people really want to go to town on his 8 goals in first season, signed on dead - line day, no pre-season, played centrally for only a small number of games (14 in fact) then they should at least keep it in context; look at the first season or comparable age scoring from some of their other heroes like Kanu, Eduardo, Wiltord, Adebayor and RvP — they certainly were not ripping up trees and played centrally all the time.

And there were the Boston U women she coaches, howling at her from up in the trees that line Beacon Street.

We will also be taking an off - site excursion to Tahoe Treetop Adventure Park to zip line and tree climb then relax at Commons Beach.

It wasn't just the big dog, which put some balls beyond the tree line at the back of the range, that held golf watchers in thrall.

It is located at 855 E. Westminster on a quiet tree - lined street.

At County Line Orchard, you can hop a tractor ride to the orchards and pluck fresh, juicy fruits right off the trees.

T hung in there until we got to the front of the line, at which point he decided that he wanted to play with the balls on the tree as if they were, well, balls.

At the same time, she changed the name of the store from Tree City Diapers to the Little Seedling to reflect how the business has grown beyond diapers to a complete line of infant and toddler equipment and toys.

Located in Avondale... Come find us at our little known about location, tucked away on secluded tree lined Fletcher Street.

«We're looking at the most marvelous combination of balsam fir and northern hardwood trees on a ridge line that stretches north,» said David Gibson with Adirondack Wild.

They have taken steps to keep the city safe for plastic shopping bags, to keep them free at the grocery checkout line, free to clog the sewers and landfills, free to float on the breeze and hang on trees and power lines and give neighborhoods a crinkly, trashy character.

The original plan for I - 787 show it as a tree - lined boulevard, at ground level, with multiple access points to the river.

One of the highlights of the presentation was a virtual video tour of the lake view amphitheater, starting at a box office then winding down tree lined sidewalks, past a small amphitheater and festival grounds to the main amphitheater on Lakeview Point.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said Buffalo should consider resurrecting at least a portion of the grand, tree - lined boulevard that once stretched 3 miles from Delaware Park to Martin Luther King Jr..

Turns out the culprit was a downed tree at the end of the block that took the power lines right to the ground.

Cuomo elicited a chorus of oohs and aahs during his appearance at the Buffalo Museum of Science yesterday as he unveiled a $ 6 million effort to study covering a three - quarter - mile stretch of the Kensington between Best and Ferry streets, transforming it into a tree - lined parkway.

At this moment, some 4,000 line and tree crews are «in full restoration mode» all over the state, with crews from outside New York coming in to provide assistance where possible.

«Were looking at the most marvelous combination of balsam fir and northern hardwood trees on a ridge line that stretches north,» said David Gibson with Adirondack Wild.

Two Trees and at least nine other developers with projects near the proposed 16 - mile trolley line poured money into the mayor's campaign coffers or his nonprofit, The Post has reported.

A few hours and several miles of snowshoeing later, I was hard at work in the diminishing February twilight, setting up lines of strobes and high - speed cameras along gaps in the tree canopy that framed a forest lake at the edge of Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness.

Unlike its tree - dwelling relatives, the drab - coloured little songbird lives exclusively above the tree line at 3,300 to 5,400 m, on rocky steppes and grasslands of the Tibetan plateau.

Extremely sensitive x-ray imaging performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, allowed the team to count growth lines in the fossil's unerupted adult teeth like tree rings, telling them Alesi was about 485 days (or 1 year and 4 months) old when it died.

As the trees» seeds get dispersed, either via animals or by wind, those that land above the tree line are now apparently able to survive at these higher altitudes.

In circunstances where these factors combine — planting trees as carbon offsets above the lcal tree line at high latitudes, modeling indicates that the radiative forcing impact can outwigh the benefits of carbon sequestration = cf