Environmental Change and Future Directions in Alpine Research

• Main Authors: Welker, Jeffrey M., Bowman, William D.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Woodward; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195117288.003.0024

Alpine tundra is an important indicator system of environmental change (Grabherr et al. 1996; Beniston and Fox 1996). This ecosystem occurs at all latitudes, with its lower altitudinal limit at timberline inversely related to latitude (Woodward 1993). Thus, the global distribution of alpine tundra a...