TUNDRA IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Both palaeogeographical reconstructions and general circulation models indicate that global warming is especially strongly manifested in high latitudes. Under a 2°C increase in mean global temperature, almost the entire modern tundra zone would become potentially suitable for tree growth. Neverthele...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:23e031582e3743b8849c7e93a6c6c750 2023-05-15T14:53:28+02:00 TUNDRA IN A CHANGING CLIMATE Terry Callaghan Andrei Velichko Olga Borisova 2011-09-01 https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-4-18 https://doaj.org/article/23e031582e3743b8849c7e93a6c6c750 en eng Lomonosov Moscow State University 2071-9388 2542-1565 doi:10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-4-18 https://doaj.org/article/23e031582e3743b8849c7e93a6c6c750 undefined Geography, Environment, Sustainability, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 4-18 (2011) tundra polar ecosystems global warming northern tree line shifts envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2011 fttriple https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2011-4-3-4-18 2023-01-22T19:06:22Z Both palaeogeographical reconstructions and general circulation models indicate that global warming is especially strongly manifested in high latitudes. Under a 2°C increase in mean global temperature, almost the entire modern tundra zone would become potentially suitable for tree growth. Nevertheless, palaeobotanic data cannot be applied directly to estimating vegetation response to the global warming expected in the 21st century, as they characterize a quasi-equilibrium state of ecosystems, which takes several centuries to be achieved. Low migration rates of trees, damage caused by fires and insects, processes of soil drying or paludification, and influence of herbivorous animals and human activities may slow down considerably forest spread in tundra. Climate warming will probably cause a decline in the populations of Arctic species and expansion of ranges of some southern animal species into the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Tundra Unknown Arctic GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY 4 3 4 18 |
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Both palaeogeographical reconstructions and general circulation models indicate that global warming is especially strongly manifested in high latitudes. Under a 2°C increase in mean global temperature, almost the entire modern tundra zone would become potentially suitable for tree growth. Nevertheless, palaeobotanic data cannot be applied directly to estimating vegetation response to the global warming expected in the 21st century, as they characterize a quasi-equilibrium state of ecosystems, which takes several centuries to be achieved. Low migration rates of trees, damage caused by fires and insects, processes of soil drying or paludification, and influence of herbivorous animals and human activities may slow down considerably forest spread in tundra. Climate warming will probably cause a decline in the populations of Arctic species and expansion of ranges of some southern animal species into the Arctic. |
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