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Ecosystem Response To Recent Climate Change In Alpine Environments, Patrick Shawn Sawyer
Ecosystem Response To Recent Climate Change In Alpine Environments, Patrick Shawn Sawyer
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Recent variations in meteorological conditions indicate the earth’s climate is changing in ways that can impact delicate ecological balances in sensitive regions. These impacts threaten the essential services provided by such ecosystems. Determining how climate changes are affecting the biosphere is essential to adapt and mitigate harmful consequences. In order to mitigate the negative effects of climate change and adapt to shifting ecological resource constraints, it is imperative to locate such changes and determine vulnerability of ecological resources to changing environmental conditions.
Identifying climate driven ecological changes faces numerous challenges given the reliance on vegetation indices as the primary measure …