ISSN:
1573-5052
Keywords:
Climatic change
;
Equilibrium
;
Fluctuation
;
Long-term change
;
Palynology
;
Short-term change
;
Vegetation response
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract This study, as many other current investigations in palaeoecology is focused on the long-term dynamics of vegetation and the extent to which they are controlled by climate change. Climate and classes of climate change are defined and reviewed, and examples cited of vegetation response. The concepts of vegetation, plant community and equilibrium are examined, with particular emphasis on theories on short term dynamics developed by ecologists working with temperate and boreal forests. Vegetation response to climate change can be modified by anthropogenic factors, topographic diversity and soils, life-cycle characteristics and hysteresis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00037358
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