Sentences with phrase «reconstruct changes in the vegetation»
The scientists were thus able to reconstruct changes in the vegetation cover of the Atlantic seaboard and in the temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Houghton's method of reconstructing Land - Use Based Net Flux of Carbon appears arbitrary and susceptible to bias; i.e. «Rates of land - use change, including clearing for agriculture and harvest of wood, were reconstructed from statistical and historic documents for 9 world regions and used, along with the per ha [hectare] changes in vegetation and soil that result from land management, to calculate the annual flux of carbon between land and atmosphere.»
Using the pollen composition from 74 single probes, Bernhardt and his colleagues were able to reconstruct changes in the lagoon's vegetation, which ultimately reflected fluctuations in water feed - in from the Nile.
Describes global research using vegetation shifts to reconstruct local and regional changes in the landscape due to climate and / or anthropogenic influence.