Modeling the influence of topographic barriers on treeline advance at the forest-tundra ecotone in northwestern Alaska

The response of terrestrial ecosystems to climate warming has important implications to potential feedbacks to climate. The interactions between topography, climate, and disturbance could alter recruitment patterns to reduce or offset current predicted positive feedbacks to warming at high latitudes...

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Published inClimatic change Vol. 48; no. 2-3; pp. 399 - 416
Main Authors RUPP, T. Scott, CHAPIN, F. Stuart, STARFIELD, Anthony M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer 01.02.2001
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Cartography
Climate
Climate change
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
Ecosystems
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Forests
Meteorology
Simulation
Taiga & tundra
Topography
USA, Alaska
Vegetation
Alaska
United States
North America
America
United States > US
USA, Alaska
High latitude
Warming
Transient response
Forests
Summer
River valley
Albedo
Mountain
Feedback
Topography
Vegetation
Numerical simulation
Models
Climate modification
Tundra
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Summary:The response of terrestrial ecosystems to climate warming has important implications to potential feedbacks to climate. The interactions between topography, climate, and disturbance could alter recruitment patterns to reduce or offset current predicted positive feedbacks to warming at high latitudes.
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ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1023/A:1010738502596