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" The Impacts of Climate Variability on Forests "
by Martin Beniston, John L. Innes.
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BL
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746765
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b566715
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by Martin Beniston, John L. Innes.
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The Impacts of Climate Variability on Forests\ by Martin Beniston, John L. Innes.
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Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998
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Lecture notes in earth sciences, 74.
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3540691073
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: 9783540691075
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The impact of climatic extremes on forests: an introduction. --; Meteorological extremes and their impacts on forests in the Czech Republic --; Changes in temperature variability in relation to shifts in mean temperatures in the Swiss Alpine region this century --; Precipitation and snow cover variability in the French Alps --; Documenting the effects of recent climate change at treeline in the Canadian Rockies --; Managing Swiss forests: when climate intervenes --; Worldwide positions of alpine treelines and their causes --; Impacts of climatic variability and extreme on forests: synthesis ...
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This volume contains a selection of scientific papers which were presented at an international workshop on the impacts of climatic variability held in Wengen, Switzerland, September 1997. For the first time, an assessment is made of the interactions between physical and biological elements of the Earth System on the basis of shifts in extreme climatic conditions, rather than simply changes in mean atmospheric conditions which research has tended to focus on until recently. Natural ecosystems and forests are typical examples of systems which, while constrained within certain ranges of mean climate, can undergo rapid and often irreversible damage in the face of short-lived but intense extreme events.
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Agriculture.
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Environmental protection.
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Forests and forestry.
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John L Innes
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Martin Beniston
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