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Bahre
From a Pacific Historical Review ... '..., it has long been presumed that changes in the region's climate have also contributed to vegetation change. Geographer Conrad Bahre now challenges the view that these vegetation changes are due to climatic…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Kaufman, Fraser, Mahoney
Emission from burning of fossil fuels and biomass ( associated with deforestation ) generates a radiative forcing on the atmosphere and a possible climate change. Emitted trace gases heat the atmosphere through their greenhouse effect, while…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Bergeron
In order to characterize the fires regime of the southern boreal forest and to understand the way in which landscape and fire regime interact, a detailed study of fire history was undertaken in two adjacent contrasting landscapes in northwestern…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Kurz, Sampson
From the text...'In this paper, we will provide a brief overview of the predictions of climatic change and the current understanding of forest response through changes in growth rates, disturbance regimes, and species composition. We will explore…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Richardson, Bond
The question of which factors limit the occurrence of a plant species to a particular site is addressed by considering 53 cases in which the distribution of pines (Pinus species: Pinaceae) has changed in the last century. We consider expansions of…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Gorham
Boreal and subarctic peatlands comprise a carbon pool of 455 Pg that has accumulated during the postglacial period at an average net rate of 0.096 Pg/yr (1 Pg = 10'5 g). Using Clymo's (1984) model, the current rate is estimated at 0.076 Pg/yr.…
Year: 1991
Type: Document