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The Mountain Institute
Past and Present through Photographs Outer Changes and Inner Stability Changes in Sherpa Livelihoods Lower Elevation Forests The Dynamic Environment of Khumbu Religion and Conservation Prayer Flags Over Tin Roofs Monasteries in ...
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NMPIF Forests 5
Dick-Peddie (1993) suggests that fires burned through these forests infrequently "on the order of decades". When they did occur ... burn through an area every 250-500 years but are essential to reinvigorate these high elevation forests and are especially important for maintaining an aspen component (M.Orr pers. comm.). The impacts ...
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WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf and Conifer Forests
Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests; Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests; Northern Triangle temperate forests; Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Himalayan High Country The rugged, snow- ... and Conifer Forests, which blanket the lowlands to the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, Nepal, and Bhutan. These middle-elevation forests range from ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests (IM0401)
(IM0401) Indo-Malay > Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests > Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests (IM0401) Kembalung, Nepal Photograph by Chris Carpenter Southern Asia: Stretching from Nepal into eastern India Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests ... Forests in the lower elevations are badly degraded from human activity such as clearing for agriculture, while even the higher-elevation forests ...
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WWF - Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf & Conifer Forests - A Global Ecoregion
Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests; Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests; Northern Triangle temperate forests; Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests. These middle-elevation forests range from 3,000 to ... in this region. Additional threats to these forests include charcoal production in some low elevation areas and intensive grazing at higher elevations. Resources ...
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NMPIF Forests 1
(Brown 1994). As elevation increases, pinyon dominance often increases, juniper density decreases, total tree density increases, and trees ... fires are considered "catastrophic". They are also part of the natural condition in these forests. Historically, they occurred in old-growth Pinyon-Juniper every 50 -300 years (Scurlock 1998). ...
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Conservation International - Projects
Give Future for Life Benefits of Giving Events Sojourns Home > Learn > Forests > Projects Learn Climate Change Forests Species Communities Land Use Oceans Freshwater Related Links Climate Change Species Science ... areas of high biological diversity on its way to the Amazon basin. Within the upper elevation areas of the watershed, the Alto Mayo Protected Forest contains habitat for many endemic ...
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Mixed-Conifer Forests on the Colorado Plateau
Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona. Quaking aspen, along with Gambel oak, is prominent in these forests following disturbances. Under natural conditions the relatively open nature of the mixed-conifer forest ... of the imbalanced age structure and scattered distribution of ponderosa pine within a high-elevation mixed-coniferous forest. Forest Ecology and Management 25: 139-153. Touchan, R., Allen, C. ...
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The Lands Council - Advocates for Inland Northwest Forests, Water & Wildlife – Spokane, WA
Wildlife – Spokane, WA Home Take Action! Events News Join Us Links About Us Employment Contact Forests Main Page Forest Watch Urban Forest Council Climate Change Water Main Page Water Watch ... at lower elevations to high peaks and basins above 5000-foot elevation. The forest tree species composition differs from other forests in eastern Washington. Ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir occupy the drier ...
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WWF - Types of Forests
Plants and animals in these forests are adapted to withstanding the cold, wet conditions and intense sunlight. Trees are mainly conifers. A more detailed classification of forests ...
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