Changing alpine treeline the example of Glacier National Park, MT, USA.
The alpine treeline ecotone (ATE) is an area of transition high on mountains where closed canopy forests from lower elevations give way to the open alpine tundra and rocky expanses above. Alpine tundra is an island biome and its ecotone with forest is subject to change, and like oceanic islands, alp...
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2009.
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Developments in earth surface processes ;
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding the Importance of Alpine Treeline Ecotones in Mountain Ecosystems / D.B. Fagre
- Pattern-Process Relations in the Alpine and Subalpine Environments: A Remote Sensing and GIScience Perspective / S.J. Walsh, D.G. Brown, Ch. A. Geddes, D.J. Weiss, S. McKnight, E.S. Hammer, and J.P. Tuttlea
- Ecotone Dynamics: Invasibility of Alpine Tundra by Tree Species from the Subalpine Forest / G.P. Malanson, D.G. Brown, D.R. Butler, D.M. Cairns, D.B. Fagre, and S.J. Walsh
- Geomorphic Patterns and Processes at Alpine Treeline / D.R. Butler, G.P. Malanson, L.M. Resler, S.J. Walsh, F.D. Wilkerson, G.L. Schmid, and C.F. Sawyer
- Environmental Controls on Turf-Banked Terraces / D.J. Weiss, S.J. Walsh, S.A. McKnight, and E.S. Hammer
- Soils and Pedogenesis at Alpine Treeline / G.L. Schmid, D.R. Butler, G.P. Malanson, and L.M. Resler
- Canopy Structure in the Krummholz and Patch Forest Zones / E.S. Hammer, and S.J. Walsh
- A Markov Analysis of Tree Islands at Alpine Treeline / L.M. Resler, and M.A. Fonstad
- Modeling Feedback Effects on Linear Patterns of Subalpine Forest Advancement / M.F. Bekker, and G.P. Malansonb
- The Future of Treeline / D.R. Butler, G.P. Malanson, and S.J. Walsh.