A model of the responses of ecotones to climate change

It has been suggested that global climatic change may be detected by monitoring the positions of ecotones. I built a model of the dynamics of ecotones similar to those found in altitudinal or latitudinal treelines, where a slow tendency for the ecotone to advance is counterbalanced by disturbances s...

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Published in:Ecological applications 1993-08, Vol.3 (3), p.396-403
Main Author: Noble, Ian R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BOSQUES
CAMBIO CLIMATICO
Climate change
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ECOLOGIA FORESTAL
ECOLOGIA VEGETAL
ECOLOGIE FORESTIERE
Ecology
ECOTONE
ECOTONES
ECOTONO
Forest canopy
FOREST ECOLOGY
FORESTS
FORET
GRASSLANDS
HERBAGE
Landscape ecology
MODELE DE SIMULATION
MODELOS DE SIMULACION
PHYTOECOLOGIE
PLANT ECOLOGY
PRADERAS
SIMULATION MODELS
Standard deviation
Synecology
Timberlines
TREELINES
Trees
VARIATION DU CLIMAT
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Summary:It has been suggested that global climatic change may be detected by monitoring the positions of ecotones. I built a model of the dynamics of ecotones similar to those found in altitudinal or latitudinal treelines, where a slow tendency for the ecotone to advance is counterbalanced by disturbances such as fire or landslides. The model showed that the response of such ecotones to a wide range of simulated climate changes was slow and that the ecotone front was dissected. It would appear that such ecotones would not make suitable sites for monitoring climate change.
ISSN:1051-0761
1939-5582
DOI:10.2307/1941908