Forests can occur wherever the temperatures rise above 10 °C (50 °F) in the warmest months and the annual precipitation is more than 200 mm (8 inches). They can develop under a variety of conditions within these climatic limits, and the kind of soil, plant, and animal life differs acc...
To investigate the possibility of vegetation change at this boundary, we used the natural difference in the stable carbon isotope ratio (13C/12C, expressed as δ13C) of C (forest) and C (savanna) plants, which is preserved in the isotopic composition of soil organic carbon. Past changes ...
Global climate change is reshaping the geographical distribution of forests, especially in mountain regions. The alpine forest ecotone is expected to be affected first, due to the climatic limitations on tree growth, and is thus considered as an indicator of the forest succession to climate change....
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the main terrestrial C reservoir and contains three times more C than the atmosphere and twice the amount stored in the vegetation (Friedlingsten et al.2019; Mayer et al.2020). Increasing C storage in forest ecosystems is widely recognized as having high climate ...
Effects of climate and forest development on habitat specialization and biodiversity in Central European mountain forests Species richness across taxa showed U-shaped patterns along a forest development gradient in the northern Alps, which remained stable with elevation. Habitat specialization decreased for ...
Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression Article 16 March 2022 Data availability L-VOD and soil moisture data from this study are freely available from the SMOS-IC website (https://ib.remote-sensing.inrae.fr/). AGCtot, AGClive and CWDC products are free...
local people had positive views and attitudes towards the community forestry. Over 83% of the respondents agreed to accept and practice community forestry. In contrast, about 70% of the respondents had negative views and attitudes towards the state forestry. The positive views and attitudes of loca...
including forest-management and forest structure in the evaluation of the climate mitigation potential of forests and of strategies for preservation of ... WA Rodgers - 《Indian Forester》 被引量: 10发表: 1991年 Planning for sustainable agro-forest systems : protected areas and soil degradation hot...
Gully erosion is an important cause of soil loss and land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions in Iran and elsewhere world30,31. Maps showing where this problem exists or might develop in the future are effective tools for decision makers concerned with sustainable development. In many inst...
Southeast Asia contains about half of all tropical mountain forests, which are rich in biodiversity and carbon stocks, yet there is debate as to whether regional mountain forest cover has increased or decreased in recent decades. Here, our analysis of high-resolution satellite datasets reveals increa...