A mountain scene in Yukon, Alaska depicts how vegetation changes from the base to the top of the mountain due to differences in elevation and topograp

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A mountain scene in Yukon, Alaska depicts how vegetation changes from the base to the top of the mountain due to differences in elevation and topography. The base of the mountain is vegetated by spruce forests. Progressing up the mountain, the forest gives way to subalpine shrub, alpine meadows, and tundra. The tops of the mountains are covered by glaciers. The mountains shown in the image are typical of areas that are protected from development because they are located in national or provincial parks. Understanding large-scale patterns of plant and animal distribution within and between these parks will enable the biota to be effectively conserved. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecological Applications (15:4) in April of 2005.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Photograph
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Format	jpeg
Temporal and geographic description	Yukon, Alaska.
Ecological Core Concept	Landscapes and larger scales -- Spatial heterogeneity and connectivity Landscapes and larger scales Communities -- Spatial and temporal dynamics Communities
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This photograph could be used to illustrate how communities differ across an elevation gradient on a mountainside.
Keywords	mountain, landscape, space, elevation, gradient, topography, variation, alpine, subalpine
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Ryan Danby Kenneth Klemow
Primary Author Affiliation	Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Biology Program, Wilkes University
Primary Author email	rdanby@ualberta.ca, kklemow@wilkes.edu
Rights	Copyright 2005 by the Ecological Society of America.
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2008-04-09

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Subject: A mountain scene in Yukon, Alaska depicts how vegetation changes from the base to the top of the mountain due to differences in elevation and topograp

Posted By: dsfernandez

Date Posted: 2010-03-15 22:04:14

Would be very useful to have some vertical scale (height) or reference points