Canada's Vegetation
Title | Canada's Vegetation PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey A.J. Scott |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1995-01-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0773565094 |
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.
Post-glacial Vegetation of Canada
Title | Post-glacial Vegetation of Canada PDF eBook |
Author | J. C. Ritchie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2004-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521544092 |
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.
Canada's Cold Environments
Title | Canada's Cold Environments PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh M. French |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 772 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780773516366 |
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.
The Canadian Vegetation Classification System
Title | The Canadian Vegetation Classification System PDF eBook |
Author | Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification. National Vegetation Working Group |
Publisher | |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
"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.
Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate
Title | Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate PDF eBook |
Author | Pavel Kabat |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 565 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642189482 |
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.
Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada
Title | Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada PDF eBook |
Author | James Cunningham Ritchie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Quaternary history of vegetation in the northern Yukon and adjacent Mackenzie Delta region.
Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses
Title | Studies of Plant Life in Canada: Wild Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Grasses PDF eBook |
Author | Catharine Parr Traill |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2021-08-31 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
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.