Canadas Vegetation

Author : Geoffrey A.J. Scott
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773565094
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canada's Vegetation written by Geoffrey A.J. Scott and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995-01-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's Vegetation includes comprehensive sections on tundra, forest-tundra, boreal forest and mixed forest transition, prairie (steppe), Cordilleran environments in western North America, temperate deciduous forests, and wetlands. An overview of each ecosystem is provided, and equivalent vegetation types throughout the world are reviewed and compared with those in Canada. The integration of data on climate, soil, and vegetation in a single volume makes this an invaluable reference tool. Canada's Vegetation is sure to become a standard textbook for those in the environmental sciences.

Author : J. C. Ritchie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521544092
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-glacial Vegetation of Canada written by J. C. Ritchie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together all the available information about the complex history of vegetational and environmental change in Canada since the last Ice Age. Professor Ritchie discusses the roles of climactic change, wildfires, diseases, and biological factors in controlling the emerging patterns of new plant growth.

Author : Hugh M. French
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773516366
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canada's Cold Environments written by Hugh M. French and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1993 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low temperatures, wind-chill, snow, sea ice, and permafrost have been primary characteristics of Canada's northern and alpine environments during the past two million years. The evolution of Canada's cultural landscapes, the processes of settlement of rural areas, and the present interaction of Canadian industrial society with its biophysical environment are all deeply influenced, directly or indirectly, by the frigidity of the greater part of the country. The phenomenon of global warming, if it occurs, will lessen this coldness, but its impact on temperature extremes, sea ice regimes, vegetation, snow distribution, permafrost, glaciers, lakes, rivers, and mountain hazards are all the subject of intensive research -- the highlights of which are reviewed in Canada's Cold Environments. Eleven of Canada's leading geographers, geologists, and ecologists provide an authoritative yet readable scientific statement about the physical nature of Canada's coldness. They focus on the distinctive attributes of Canada's cold environments, their temporal and spatial variability, and the constraints that coldness places on human activity. The book is aimed at environmental scientists at all levels who need informed overviews of the substantive findings on a range of cold-related topics.

Author : Pavel Kabat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642189482
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate written by Pavel Kabat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art overview of the influence of terrestrial vegetation and soils within the Earth system. The text deals especially with interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere via the hydrological cycle and their interlinkage with anthropogenic activities. Measurements gathered in integrated field experiments in the Sahel, the Amazon, North America and South-east Asia confirm the importance of these interactions. Observations are complemented by modelling studies, including regional models that simulate flows and transport in river catchments, coupled land-cover and regional climate systems, and Earth-system and global circulation models. Water, nutrient and sediment fluxes in river basins are also discussed and are shown to be highly impacted and regulated by humans through land use, pollution and river engineering. Finally, the book discusses environmental vulnerability and methodologies for assessing the risks associated with regional and global climatic and environmental variability and change. The results reported in this book are based on the research work of many individual scientists and teams around the world associated with the objectives of the IGBP-BAHC and WCRP-GEWEX international research programmes.

Author : Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification. National Vegetation Working Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Vegetation Classification System written by Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification. National Vegetation Working Group and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A system is presented for classifying terrestrial vegetation in Canada. The system has seven levels defined by plant community physiognomy and species-dominance criteria; the composition of the upper four levels have been completed, whereas the remaining levels still require development"--Pref.

Author : Jörg S. Pfadenhauer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030498603
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Vegetation written by Jörg S. Pfadenhauer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date textbook of global vegetation ecology, which comprises the current state of knowledge, is long overdue and much-needed. It is a translation of the textbook “Vegetation der Erde” (Springer-Spektrum, Heidelberg). A short introductory chapter deals with the fundamentals of vegetation ecology that are of importance for the delimitation and characterization of the global vegetation presented in this book (chorology, evolution of plants, physiognomic and structural characteristics, phytodiversity and the human impact on it as well as general terminology concerning both plant growth forms and on vegetation structure types). In the following chapters the zonal and azonal vegetation from the tropics to the polar regions including high mountains is described and discussed. The main focus is on the characterization of interactions between the spatial location of plants and plant communities on the one hand and site conditions, historic and genetic processes, spatial and temporal patterns, ecophysiology and anthropogenic influences on the other hand. Additional information on specific topics is provided in 51 boxes.

Author : James Cunningham Ritchie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada written by James Cunningham Ritchie and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quaternary history of vegetation in the northern Yukon and adjacent Mackenzie Delta region.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Canadian Forestry Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Catharine Parr Traill
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses written by Catharine Parr Traill and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses is a comprehensive botanic guide authored by British-born Canadian author Catharine Parr Traill. Known for her detailed observations and passion for natural history, Traill provides readers with an extensive study of the diverse plant life in Canada. This book serves as a valuable resource for botanists and nature enthusiasts alike.

Author : British Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Canada written by British Association for the Advancement of Science and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: