Sentences with phrase «moving upslope»
«Generally we think of ecosystems or plants moving upslope with warmer temperatures, but any ecosystem can do this only with a certain rate, at a certain speed.
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At the same time, species that live in large flatlands can't easily escape to climate refugia by moving upslope or to a favorable mountain or canyon environment.»
They are growing in soils once almost completely dominated by bristlecone pine, and they are moving upslope at a faster rate than the bristlecone pine...
«shows that the tree line has been steadily moving upslope over the past 50 years in the Great Basin.
• 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.
They are growing in soils once almost completely dominated by bristlecone pine, and they are moving upslope at a faster rate than the bristlecone pine.
As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope.
Increased radiation and warmer temperatures cause plants normally found at lower elevations to move upslope.
Mountain - dwelling animals and plants are already seeing their habitats shift and shrink as a result of climate - change - induced temperature increases, which force many species to move upslope.
«In terms of records, they have shown the plants have moved upslope, but the actual reasons for this are not fully substantiated.»
Not exact matches
Belote said that the very tops of the western mountains and the central Great Plains and prairies in the United States are «particularly vulnerable... mostly because species that are accustomed to living in high alpine environments can't typically move any further upslope to track warming climate conditions.