Sentences with word «upslope»

This uphill migration of bands occurs as new vegetation grows upslope of the bands and old vegetation dies on the downslope edge.

«So, essentially, in the past, the beetles sometimes moved upslope from infestations in lodgepole pine, killed some trees and then pooped out.»

Back in the lab, the team simulated the species» shift upslope by transplanting baby trees from lower elevations into soils collected up in the mountains.

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.

A glacier that illustrates the glacier retreat is the Lynch Glacier below which initially fills the lake basin in 1978, then retreats to the margin of the lake in 1985 and then retreats upslope from the lake by 1994.

The study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, shows that the tree line has been steadily moving upslope over the past 50 years in the Great Basin.

Climate scientists have long observed the adverse impacts of global warming on forest tree and plant species in tropical regions, which force upslope migrations as these species struggle to repopulate...

Heat such as the sun striking a hill generates its own air known as «upslope flow» that travels to higher terrain.

She said the study highlighted how soil bacteria can mediate range shifts upslope for species, a factor that is especially important in a warming climate.

The broad trends of a retreat upslope and to the north are consistent with other bird species that have similar coniferous habitat requirements.

Furthermore, the authors say they «found little evidence for upslope range shifts across the sampled region,» adding that «no species increased at higher elevations while declining at lower elevations.»

While it is possible that páramos will survive by migrating upslope as temperatures rise, Vuille says the rate of temperature increase forecast over the coming decades could overwhelm the ability of these ecosystems to adapt.

A recent study from the Metolius River watershed in Oregon found that regeneration occurred less often in lower - elevation sites, which tend to experience drought at more pronounced levels than upslope areas (ClimateWire, July 1).

In some instances, the tiny fungi and bacteria constrain where offspring can grow, but in higher elevations — where the species is headed as the climate warms — a less robust soil microbiome seems to create conditions where baby trees can thrive upslope.

As a result, the parts of the body on the ground push off while the airborne loops reach upslope, where they then make contact to push off.

The study concludes that if bristlecone pine trees are unable to advance upslope because they are blocked by limber pine, bristlecones could face a reduction of their range and possibly local extinctions.

The scientists from Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology discovered this after mapping over 40,000 termite mounds in Kruger National Park in South Africa, and identifying three main ecosystems in the region: the dryer upslopes; the wetter downside slopes; and the medium - watered, termite - mounded soils.

But ancient bristlecone pines are losing that upslope race to faster - colonizing neighbors.

Past field research has shown that human climate change has already shifted vegetation at the biome level upslope and towards the Poles or the Equator..

The transitions between engine and electric motor were almost unnoticeable, and the hybrid showed plenty of zip for passing — even on a long upslope.

At the moment, the path for future changes in the federal funds rate is expected to be a gentle upslope, so the upward push for mortgage rates should be gradual, but this may change over time.

Beginning 1,600 feet upslope from Maui's beaches, a unique province emerges.

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In southern Germany at about the same time, the vineyards were about 300 m higher upslope than you can grow graoes now.

Warmer temperatures mean more melting at the downslope end of the glacier, but more snowfall means a build - up of mass upslope.

As crevasses opened up in the ice behind the «dam,» meltwater could trickle down to the base and accumulate just upslope of the frozen ground.

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.

At the same time, Dr. Grabherr said, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations could theoretically increase plant productivity at high altitudes, leading plants to spread upslope.

For example, Dr. Billings said, at Glacier National Park in Montana researchers found that walking trails used by people have increased the movement of seeds upslope.

However, in 2017, the price of gold in Chennai is not predicted to be on a continuous upslope unless there are some geopolitical hiccups necessitating the same.

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.

In the case of a fire, the blaze replaces the sun as a heat source, and the fire in essence produces its own «upslope flow» that's proportional to the fire's strength.

But if you think you're on the upslope, you won't.

Further, rising global temperatures also mean that areas that are appropriate today for the cultivation of arabica coffee — cooler, upper altitudes — will likely become unsuitable within a few decades (arabica could move upslope, if land is available).

So if the upslope at the beginning is still good, why waste that in the minors?

He had seen Watson's less - than - perfect two - iron from the 17th tee bounce and find the high grass on the upslope to the left of the green.

Pikas and other high - elevation species can respond to warming temperatures by moving upslope to higher elevations.

Leaves from swamp plants also appear in the mud, confirming that the forested spot was on the upslope edge of a nearby wetland.

So it's very odd to see it charging upslope and not see bristlecone charging upslope ahead of limber pine, or at least with it.»

As temperatures rise, the tree line moves upslope.

Increased radiation and warmer temperatures cause plants normally found at lower elevations to move upslope.

• 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.

The handbrake is iffy, the gearbox won't go into first and we're on an upslope, but with my heart ticking over considerably faster than the engine we miraculously get away first time.