Tundra ecosystems are seriously affected by global climate change. Understanding tundra history and post-glacial development may enhance the ability of biologists to anticipate biotic responses to current environmental changes. In this book, the authors analyse changes which have occurred in a vegetative cover and above ground fauna of vertebrates at Yamal peninsula, one of the greatest plains on the globe.
The authors also evaluate pedogenetic processes, soil nutrient status and plant distribution along an elevation gradient in the alpine tundra in the western Italian Alps. In addition, treeline ecotone is a belt of transition from forest vegetation to a non-forest one, which allow the monitoring of climate change. In this book, carbon deposition on the forests of two treeline ecotones is studied.
Some of the current emerging theories, models and recent empirical evidence for the dynamics of these reciprocal interactions between climate and terrestrial microbial communities are also reviewed, with particular attention to biogeochemical and ecological perspectives.
chapter 1 - The Change Of Tundra Biota At Yamal Peninsula (The North Of The Western Siberia, Russia) In Connection With Anthropogenic And Climatic Shifts
Chapter 2 - The Reciprocal Relationships Between High Latitude Climate Changes And The Ecology Of Terrestrial Microbiota: Emerging Theories, Models, And Empirical evidence, Especially Related To Global Warming Chapter 3 - Soil And Plant Characteristics In The Alpine Tundra (Nw Italy)
Chapter 4 - Modern Climate Trends And Possible Changing Of Arctic Coastal Zone (Russian Sector)
Chapter 5 - Alpine Meadow On The Tibetan Plateau Was A Co2 Sink In Peak Growing Season Revealed By Keeling Plot Method
Chapter 6 - Tundras And Climate Change: A Mammalian Perspective
Chapter 7 - Carbon Deposition On The Forests Of Some Treeline Ecotones Of The Ural Federal District
Chapter 8 - Genetic Diversity And Population Structure Of Alpine Plants Endemic To Qinghai-tibetan Plateau, With Implications For Conservation Under Global Warming
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