Alpine has provided New York's power brokers a quieter lifestyle since steel magnate Henry Clay Frick put the borough on the map in the early 1900s.
Assessing the water provision service for alpine grasslands provided evidence that, under drought conditions, evapotranspiration was influenced not only by abiotic factors but also by the water-use strategy of established vegetation.
The degraded alpine meadow provides the plateau pika with a suitable habitat while the overabundant plateau pika population aggravates the degradation of the alpine meadow [2].
Sony's Xperia Z series of Android smartphones included the MirrorLink capability, but few cars were equipped with the technology, with most relying on aftermarket car stereos from Sony and Alpine to provide compatibility.
Pollen, chironomid, and ostracode records from a lake located at alpine treeline provide regional paleoclimate reconstructions from the southwest Yukon Territory, Canada.
The combined approach of selection scan and spatial analysis method allowed for a parallel investigation of Norway spruce adaptive potential in alpine stands, providing evidence for selective forces acting on adaptive loci that could be relevant in forest management.
Moreover, there is an increasing danger of human-wildlife conflict due to habitat fragmentation and destruction by humans, and resource competition, as the forests and alpine meadows provide habitat to many wild mountain ungulates and carnivores including bharal (Pseudois nayaur), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), leopard (Panthera pardus) and snow leopard (Uncia uncia).
The basin ranges from semi-desert to alpine climates, providing habitat for hundreds of species of plants.
"Confirmation of the Sierra Nevada red fox in Yosemite National Park's vast alpine wilderness provides an opportunity to join research partners in helping to protect this imperiled animal," Yosemite wildlife biologist Sarah Stock said in a news release.
Station Alpine J. Fourier provided logistics facilities during the field campaign.
