Mapping Alpine Vegetation

2003 ◽  
pp. 209-219
Author(s):  
T. Dirnböck ◽  
S. Dullinger ◽  
M. Gottfried ◽  
C. Ginzler ◽  
G. Grabherr
Keyword(s):  
Alpine Vegetation

scholarly journals Assessing Climate Change Trends and Their Relationships with Alpine Vegetation and Surface Water Dynamics in the Everest Region, Nepal

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 987
Author(s):  
Mana Raj Rai ◽  
Amnat Chidthaisong ◽  
Chaiwat Ekkawatpanit ◽  
Pariwate Varnakovida
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Glacial Lake ◽  
Annual Precipitation ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Lake Area ◽  
Alpine Vegetation ◽  
Koshi River Basin

The Himalayas, especially the Everest region, are highly sensitive to climate change. Although there are research works on this region related to cryospheric work, the ecological understandings of the alpine zone and climate impacts are limited. This study aimed to assess the changes in surface water including glacier lake and streamflow and the spatial and temporal changes in alpine vegetation and examine their relationships with climatic factors (temperature and precipitation) during 1995–2019 in the Everest region and the Dudh Koshi river basin. In this study, Landsat time-series data, European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC) surface water data, ECMWF Reanalysis 5th Generation (ERA5) reanalysis temperature data, and meteorological station data were used. It was found that the glacial lake area and volume are expanding at the rates of 0.0676 and 0.0198 km3/year, respectively; the average annual streamflow is decreasing at the rate of 2.73 m3/s/year. Similarly, the alpine vegetation greening as indicated by normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is increasing at the rate of 0.00352 units/year. On the other hand, the annual mean temperature shows an increasing trend of 0.0329 °C/year, and the annual precipitation also shows a significant negative monotonic trend. It was also found that annual NDVI is significantly correlated with annual temperature. Likewise, the glacial lake area expansion is strongly correlated with annual minimum temperature and annual precipitation. Overall, we found a significant alteration in the alpine ecosystem of the Everest region that could impact on the water–energy–food nexus of the Dudh Koshi river basin.

scholarly journals Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 360-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Cannone ◽  
Sergio Sgorbati ◽  
Mauro Guglielmin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Alpine Vegetation ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

scholarly journals Himalayan Alpine Vegetation, Climate Change and Mitigation

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Salick ◽  
Suresh K. Ghimire ◽  
Zhendong Fang ◽  
Sangay Dema ◽  
Katie M. Konchar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Alpine Vegetation

scholarly journals Modelling spatial distributions of alpine vegetation: A graph theory approach to delineate ecologically-consistent species assemblages

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 196-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mikolajczak ◽  
D. Maréchal ◽  
T. Sanz ◽  
M. Isenmann ◽  
V. Thierion ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Spatial Distributions ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Alpine Vegetation

Climate warming benefits alpine vegetation growth in Three-River Headwater Region, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 742 ◽  
pp. 140574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanfu Bai ◽  
Cancan Guo ◽  
A. Allan Degen ◽  
Anum Ali Ahmad ◽  
Wenyin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Warming ◽  
Alpine Vegetation ◽  
Vegetation Growth

Nitrogen Regime of Alpine Vegetation in Germany

Ecology ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 960-961
Author(s):  
Jack Major
Keyword(s):  
Alpine Vegetation

scholarly journals The assembly of a plant network in alpine vegetation

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 999-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianalberto Losapio ◽  
Marcelino de la Cruz ◽  
Adrián Escudero ◽  
Bernhard Schmid ◽  
Christian Schöb
Keyword(s):  
Alpine Vegetation
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