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Climate Management Issues
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Climate Management Issues

by Julie K. Gines
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
470 pages
16h 40m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Climate Management Issues
99Climate Change and Its Effect on Ecosystems
be migrating northward in search of cooler climates. The species that will
invade the present boreal forests will be today’s temperate forest species
and grasslands. According to the IPCC, as the boreal forest vegetation is
forced out, it will migrate poleward 300–500 kilometers during the next
century. Proof of this can already be seen in western Canada; their plant
zones have already begun shifting poleward (IPCC, 2007a). Migrating veg-
etation will encounter severe challenges, however. For example, the soils in
the tundra region are not fertile or conducive to high-density vegetation or
tree growth. According to the IPCC, they lack the biota necessary for colo-
nization. Specic seed ...
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ISBN: 9781439861066