Essays about: "MOUNTAIN VEGETATION"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words MOUNTAIN VEGETATION.

  1. 1. Non-native plants in mountain ecosystems. An exploration of plant diversity and its response to road disturbance and alien invasion.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Anderberg Lina; [2023-10-19]
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    Abstract : Understanding patterns of invasive plants becomes ever more important as anthropogenic presence continues to facilitate their spread. In mountainous landscapes, cases of establishment by nonnative species have become frequent, despite the environmentally unfavorable conditions for plants less adapted to the harsh climate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Changes in July albedo and its relationship with EVI over the last two decades in the Swedish alpine region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Vera Grönvik Hende; [2023]
    Keywords : Shortwave albedo; Enhanced Vegetation Index EVI ; Alpine vegetation; Scandes; Surface albedo feedback; MODIS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Vegetation in the subarctic is expected to respond to climate warming as its growth becomes less temperature limited. This has previously been recorded in the form of treeline advances and increasing shrub cover. Changes in vegetation cover may accelerate warming due to a decrease in summer albedo, in what is termed surface albedo feedback. READ MORE

  4. 3. Park i stadens kuperade natur : ett gestaltningsförslag för Talludden i Sköndal, Stockholm

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elis Annersten Puranen; [2023]
    Keywords : bergspark; förtätning; kuperad urban natur; parkgestaltning; tillgänglighet; upplevelsevärden;

    Abstract : I samband med att Stockholm förtätas och ytorna för traditionella parker i dalarna minskar kan relevansen öka i att utveckla stadens många utsparade kuperade naturmarker till mer funktionella rekreativa grönområden. En typ av park som även kan ha potential att bidra med höga upplevelsevärden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reindeer grazing, soil wetness and aspect interact to drive tundra plant community structure in northern Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Emma Gemal; [2023]
    Keywords : tundra plants; vegetation; abiotic vs. biotic effects; community composition; diversity; reindeer herbivory; accelerometry; grazing;

    Abstract : The relative importance of abiotic versus biotic top-down factors on structuring tundra plant communities is debated. With climate change already strongly affecting the tundra ecosystem, understanding which factors will prevail is vital. READ MORE

  6. 5. MOUNTAIN ROADS AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF PLANTS. A study on plant communities and their traits along the elevational gradient.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Violetta Chernoray; [2022-09-28]
    Keywords : anthropogenic disturbance; spatial ecology; Northern Scandes; functional traits; roadsides; beta-diversity.;

    Abstract : Overexploitation, land use, and other anthropogenic disturbances have increased in recent years, and are expected to increase even further. A very common anthropogenic disturbance, that can be seen even as far as in mountain regions, is roads. READ MORE