Sentences with phrase «subalpine forests»
"Subalpine forests" refers to forests that grow at elevations below the alpine zone but above lower-elevation forests. These are forests found in mountainous regions, usually characterized by cooler temperatures, evergreen trees, and diverse plant and animal species adapted to these high-altitude conditions. Full definition
Regional fire activity increased significantly with the development of closed subalpine forests as a result of increased fuel biomass and warmer summers.
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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.»
Kaufmann, M. R. & Ryan, M. G. Physiographic, stand, and environmental effects on individual tree growth and growth efficiency in subalpine forests.
«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.
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.
«We have pretty clear answers to these questions for high elevations, subalpine forests,» said Veblen.
Taxonomic investigations of free - living mites in the subalpine forest of Shiga Heights IBP Area I. Mesostigmata (Part 1).