Science Features » Mountain Vegetation http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features Highlighted USGS science Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How Climate Change Affects Mountain Vegetation ts http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/how-climate-change-affects-mountain-vegetation/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/how-climate-change-affects-mountain-vegetation/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:35:28 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/?p=36944 Climate change has had a significant effect on mountain vegetation

Climate change has had a significant effect on mountain vegetation

USGS findings support recent predictions that climate change will stress ecosystems at lower elevations more than higher elevations. This information may guide future conservation efforts in helping decision makers develop regional landscape predictions about biological responses to climate changes.

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