Title: DETECTION OF THE MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS IN THE KHIBINY BY TECHNIQUE OF COMPARISON OF MODERN AND OLD PHOTOGRAPHS AND ITS RELATION WITH CLIMATE CHANGES
Abstract:The natural changes of the landscapes in the Khibiny Mountains during last 120 years have been studied by the comparison of the modern and old photographs. The obvious landscape changes were detected....The natural changes of the landscapes in the Khibiny Mountains during last 120 years have been studied by the comparison of the modern and old photographs. The obvious landscape changes were detected. There are the expansion of the forest-tundra in the tundra zones and the rise of the tree-line upper. Most likely that it is response of the landscape on warmer conditions of growing season of 20 th century in comparison with 19 th century. The meteorological measurements are evidences of the warming too. At the same time the reaction of the landscapes on the climatic change is considerably more complex. The landscape dynamics has not agreement with short-term (interdecadal) climate changes. For example, the overgrowing of the valley Malyi Vudyavr took place even during the 1940-1970s, when temperature trend was negative. The wide range of tolerance of the forest ecosystem on the short-term climatic changes shows the limited use of the landscape methods for diagnostics of the climate changes.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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