It is possible that, when conditions are dry enough,
high elevations conifers do not respond to increased temperatures.
, 1991) assert that the recent rise in
some high elevation conifers in the western U.S. could be explained as a temperature response (she can not confirm the LaMarche et al findings).
Not exact matches
Here we assessed the song structure of male mountain chickadees using two exemplars of
high and low
elevation habitats on two different mountains in the Sierra Nevada with similar mixed -
conifer forest structure.
Direct comparisons with ponderosa pine forests are not possible because this study was conducted within a
higher -
elevation mixed -
conifer forest that had
higher initial basal areas and
higher mean annual precipitation.