Sentences with phrase «in subalpine»

«These reassembled communities could potentially change the interactions among wildflowers and other species in this subalpine setting,» said Theobald.

The new study, led by the expert Andrea Hevia, researcher at CETEMAS - Asturias, analysed temporary changes in the chemical composition of annual growth tree rings in the Pyrenees, in particular those in subalpine black pine (Pinus uncinata) forests in the national parks in Ordesa and Monte Perdido, and Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici.

Over 4 years, he and his colleagues monitored 35 ant nests in this subalpine meadow for bear damage.

Not exact matches

But to track snowfall in higher elevations, the scientists examined rings from subalpine larch, mountain hemlock and subalpine fir trees — species whose growth is retarded by snowfall.

The lack of correlation between spruce beetle infestation and severe fire damage suggests that factors such as topography and weather conditions play a larger role in determining the severity of Colorado's subalpine wildfires.

The researchers examined five recent subalpine fire zones in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado.

She started with mice, putting 126 bodies into individual containers with soil from three places: a short grass prairie and a subalpine lodgepole pine forest in Colorado, and a desert in Texas.

The conditions in 2015 gave the team — consisting of doctoral student Elli Theobald, doctoral student Ian Breckheimer and biology professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers — a preview of what subalpine communities may look like by the end of this century.

To predict that, scientists must observe and test how ecological reassembly affects reproduction for all species in these regions — from flowers and pollinators, to even the bears that feed on subalpine berries.

It was by accident: They were collecting data on the subalpine wildflowers that bloom each summer on the slopes of Mount Rainier, a volcano stretching 14,411 feet high (4,932 meters) in the Cascade Range of Washington state.

Other conifer forest types found in Montana are spruce - fir forest (primarily composed of Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), as well as forests dominated by western larch (Larix occidentalis), grand fir (Abies grandis), limber pine (Pinus flexilis), and miscellaneous western softwoods.

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Chute to View drops us into the subalpine forest, followed by Home Run and then Showdown, which descends in big loops skier's right of the Gondola.

Daylong explorations are surprisingly simple: in less than an hour, you can drive from Port Angeles to the Hurricane Hill Trail, a 3.2 - mile ramble through subalpine meadows and groves, with heart - stopping views of peaks and nearby Vancouver Island.

His study, in the current issue of the Journal of Mammalogy, may be an «early signal» of what alpine and subalpine environments throughout the world will face if temperatures continue to rise as predicted, Beever said.

The vegetation in the region is a mixture of evergreen conifers, subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), Douglas - fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), Englemann spruce (Picea engelmannii), and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa).

With respect to why there was a significant increase in tree density over the past several decades, Dolanc offers that the changes in the density and composition of lower - elevation forests are consistent with fire suppression; but that the density increases in high - elevation vegetation types (subalpine forests generally don't burn) are «more likely to be caused by changing climate.»

Latin name: Abies lasiocarpa Decay has set in on the tree rings of this dead and downed subalpine fir that once grew on Apex Mountain in British Columbia, Canada, but the tree rings can still be measured and crossdated despite this!

Schoennagel, T., (2005) ENSO and PDO Variability Affect Drought?induced Fire Occurrence in Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests.

Latin name: Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir grows in the highest elevations of the southern Rocky Mountains and forms fairly compacent ring series.

«Research conducted thus far has consistently indicated that weather and climate are more important than the effects of outbreaks in determining fire risk and behavior in Rocky Mountain subalpine forests,» wrote Veblen and Kulakowski.