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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"woodland expansion"”.
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Relationships of piñon juniper woodland expansion and climate trends in the Walker Basin, Nevada
… (Pinus monophylla & Juniperus osteosperma) woodlandsis well known, but the drivers of its expansion are not well understood across elevationalgradients. Predominant theories of future vegetation distribution change due to achanging climate, predict that montane species will move upslope in …
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Walking the land: Examining an ecosystem approach for private estates through the lens of woodland expansion
… private estate manager perception on land use, woodland expansion and collaboration over four case study areas in the Scottish Highlands. Each case study area of three contiguous estates forms a small landscape cluster, with every estate participating in field interviews, woodland planning and …
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Natural flood management - an Ecosystem based Adaptation response for climate change
… to explore individual adaptation options through woodland expansion (distinguishing between coniferous and deciduous) and drainage schemes, together with land use scenarios that explore emergent socio-economic contexts. The distributed hydrological model WaSiM-ETH was utilised for the analysis …
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The influence of plant size and fertilization on catkin production in birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.)
… Around the time of the settlement, birch woodlands used to cover large areas of Iceland, but today only little is left. Regeneration of birch is a key process in woodland expansion and is important for land reclamation and restoration. Success of natural regeneration depends largely on …
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Optimising oak woodland establishment into UK upland pastures in the context of climate change; and the role of oak woodland in soil hydrological recovery for natural flood management
… ‘Atlantic’ oak (Quercus robur, Quercus petraea) woodland establishment on the recovery of soils for natural flood management (NFM). The soil moisture, livestock grazing and dispersal constraints for potential oak woodland expansion in upland pastures are assessed. The study is located within …
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Change in piñon-juniper woodland cover since Euro-American settlement: expansion versus contraction associated with soil properties
Woodland and forest ecosystems across western North America have experienced increased density and expansion since the early 1900s, including in the widely distributed piñon-juniper vegetation type of the U.S. Southwest. Fire suppression and grazing are often cited as the main drivers of these …
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Spatio-temporal change in riparian woodlands of the Kruger National Park: drivers and implications
… and satellite images, reveal decreasing riparian woodland and a loss of large trees along the rivers of the Kruger National Park (KNP) over the last century. These habitats occupy a tiny fraction of the park’s surface area but fulfil critical ecological functions and provide several ecosystem …