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Page 1: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Montane Temperate Forest

mixed conifer

conifer conifer

mixed

Page 2: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation
Page 3: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation
Page 4: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

(Credit: Dr. James Danoff-Burg; http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/seeu/bio2/restrict/modules/module09_content.html)

Humboldt’s Rule (1807):

Moving up 1000m in elevation experiences

about the same changes in vegetation communities

as traveling 500km north in latitude.

Topography

Page 5: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Local Topography

Page 6: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Local Exceptions to the Rule?

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35% more precip. in Bozeman, only ~300ft higher!

Why is Bozeman so much wetter than Belgrade?

~4800ft

~4500ft

Local Exceptions

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More Local Exceptions

Page 9: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Vegetation Composition

Page 10: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Species Diversity

Page 11: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Human Use

Page 12: Montane Temperate Forestand Temperature on Vegetation -10 O 35 30 20 15 10 o -200 un Savanna Temperate deciduous forest Tropical rain forest 100 150 200 250 300 50 Average annual precipitation

Past and Future Climate

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Present 2090

(Rehfeldt et al. 2012)

Past and Future Climate


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