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Winchester, Neville N. "Ancient temperate rain forest research in British Columbia." Canadian Entomologist 138, no. 1 (February 2006): 72–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/n05-803.

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AbstractThis paper is a tribute to Dr. R.A. Ring upon his retirement. During the past 12 years (1993–2005), an emerging canopy research program has established a wealth of baseline information on the structure and functioning of temperate rain forest canopy arthropod communities. Studies from research sites on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, have shown that ancient temperate rain forest canopy ecosystems contain a largely undescribed fauna that is specific to habitat features found only in these canopies. In particular, diverse assemblages of free-living mites have been shown to dominate conifer species and canopy microhabitats. For example, oribatid mites are the dominant arthropod fauna on branches, branches with attached lichens, and suspended soil accumulations. Species composition differs significantly between the ground and the canopy at both the family and the species level. Arboreal specificity may be due to intrinsic variation in habitat quality, habitat architecture, patchiness, and (or) resource availability. The prevalent patterns of habitat specialization, low vagility, and restricted distribution displayed by a large percentage of the resident canopy microarthropods are features often associated with forest ecoregions that have enjoyed relatively stable conditions for long periods of time, as have the ancient forests on Vancouver Island. Investigators in the “one-Ring lab” continue to document the diversity and abundance of canopy arthropods of temperate forests in British Columbia. In particular, studies are concerned with defining the organizing principles that elicit community patterns associated with the various levels of complexity in arboreal communities. Our long-term goal is to provide a greater degree of predictability when addressing temperate forest diversity issues. To meet the stated goals of sustainable forest management and retention of biodiversity, an extensive plan of ecological research that features arthropods is needed. This plan, fostered by Dr. Ring, should have as a priority the inventory and cataloguing of species assemblages and should address dynamic processes such as organismal dispersal and the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on arthropods in ancient forests.
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MacKinnon, Andy. "West coast, temperate, old-growth forests." Forestry Chronicle 79, no. 3 (June 1, 2003): 475–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc79475-3.

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Canada's west coast, temperate, old-growth forests include its largest, most commercially valuable, fastest-growing, oldest, and certainly most fought-over forests. They can be divided into three main types: coastal rainforest, coastal subalpine forest, and "rain-shadow" forest. Although there is great variation within each of these broad types, coastal rainforests and subalpine forests share a wet climate and are relatively unimpacted by fire as a stand-replacing disturbance. This allows development of multi-aged, multi-canopy, old-growth forests with large volumes of living and dead wood. These forests are structurally and biologically complex. Coastal rain-shadow forests, on the other hand, have a distinctively drier climate (for the coast), and a history of frequent, low-intensity fires. Although well over half of Canada's original west coast, temperate, old-growth forests remain as old growth, there is great variation ecologically and geographically. In general, the percentage of old-growth forest remaining increases with increasing latitude and elevation. Key words: old growth, old-growth forest, coastal British Columbia, temperate rainforest, protected areas, stand structure
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Yan, Qiaoling, Qun Gang, and Jiaojun Zhu. "Size-Dependent Patterns of Seed Rain in Gaps in Temperate Secondary Forests, Northeast China." Forests 10, no. 2 (February 4, 2019): 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f10020123.

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Secondary forests have become the major forest type worldwide, and are experiencing various disturbances and exhibiting obvious vegetation degradation (e.g., reduced biodiversity and decreased productivity) compared with primary forests. Forest gap is a common small-scale disturbance in secondary forests. Promoting natural regeneration under gap disturbance is an important approach to recover biodiversity and ecosystem services for temperate secondary forests. The gap size is the crucial characteristic controlling natural regeneration of many tree species. However, little is known about the spatiotemporal pattern of seed rain for gravity-dispersed and wind-dispersed tree species in gaps of varying sizes. The objectives of this study were to determine how seed rain of dominant tree species depend on gap size, and consequently, to explore some gap-based silviculture solutions for restoring secondary forests from the view of seed dispersal. The spatial distribution of seed rain in gaps with three sizes (large gaps of 250–350 m2, medium gaps of 150–250 m2, and small gaps of < 150 m2), the temporal dynamics of seed rain over three years, and the relationship between seed rain and soil seed banks were explored in temperate secondary forests. The results showed that more than 90% of the seeds in seed rain were wind-dispersed, and their seed rain density and the contribution of seed rain to soil seed bank in medium gaps reached the highest (p = 0.03). The results suggest that establishing medium-sized gaps (i.e., gap size with 150–250 m2) in the secondary forests is more favorable for improving the natural regeneration potential (arrival of seeds and forming soil seed bank) of gap-dependent and wind-dispersed species (e.g., Acer mono) in gaps.
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Olesen, T. "ARCHITECTURE OF A COOL-TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST CANOPY." Ecology 82, no. 10 (October 2001): 2719–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2719:aoactr]2.0.co;2.

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Marchant, R., A. Cleef, S. P. Harrison, H. Hooghiemstra, V. Markgraf, J. van Boxel, T. Ager, et al. "Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years ago." Climate of the Past 5, no. 4 (December 1, 2009): 725–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-725-2009.

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Abstract. The biomisation method is used to reconstruct Latin American vegetation at 6000±500 and 18 000±1000 radiocarbon years before present (14C yr BP) from pollen data. Tests using modern pollen data from 381 samples derived from 287 locations broadly reproduce potential natural vegetation. The strong temperature gradient associated with the Andes is recorded by a transition from high altitude cool grass/shrubland and cool mixed forest to mid-altitude cool temperate rain forest, to tropical dry, seasonal and rain forest at low altitudes. Reconstructed biomes from a number of sites do not match the potential vegetation due to local factors such as human impact, methodological artefacts and mechanisms of pollen representivity of the parent vegetation. At 6000±500 14C yr BP 255 samples are analysed from 127 sites. Differences between the modern and the 6000±500 14C yr BP reconstruction are comparatively small; change relative to the modern reconstruction are mainly to biomes characteristic of drier climate in the north of the region with a slight more mesic shift in the south. Cool temperate rain forest remains dominant in western South America. In northwestern South America a number of sites record transitions from tropical seasonal forest to tropical dry forest and tropical rain forest to tropical seasonal forest. Sites in Central America show a change in biome assignment, but to more mesic vegetation, indicative of greater plant available moisture, e.g. on the Yucatán peninsula sites record warm evergreen forest, replacing tropical dry forest and warm mixed forest presently recorded. At 18 000±1000 14C yr BP 61 samples from 34 sites record vegetation reflecting a generally cool and dry environment. Cool grass/shrubland is prevalent in southeast Brazil whereas Amazonian sites record tropical dry forest, warm temperate rain forest and tropical seasonal forest. Southernmost South America is dominated by cool grass/shrubland, a single site retains cool temperate rain forest indicating that forest was present at some locations at the LGM. Some sites in Central Mexico and lowland Colombia remain unchanged in the biome assignments of warm mixed forest and tropical dry forest respectively, although the affinities that these sites have to different biomes do change between 18 000±1000 14C yr BP and present. The "unresponsive" nature of these sites results from their location and the impact of local edaphic influence.
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Marchant, R., S. P. Harrison, H. Hooghiemstra, V. Markgraf, J. H. van Boxel, T. Ager, L. Almeida, et al. "Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years." Climate of the Past Discussions 5, no. 1 (February 10, 2009): 369–461. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cpd-5-369-2009.

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Abstract. The biomisation method is used to reconstruct Latin American vegetation at 6000±500 and 18 000±1000 radiocarbon years before present (14C yr BP) from pollen data. Tests using modern pollen data from 381 samples derived from 287 locations broadly reproduce potential natural vegetation. The strong temperature gradient associated with the Andes is recorded by a transition from high altitude cool grass/shrubland and cool mixed forest to mid-altitude cool temperate rain forest, to tropical dry, seasonal and rain forest at low altitudes. Reconstructed biomes from a number of sites do not match the potential vegetation due to local factors such as human impact, methodological artefacts and mechanisms of pollen representivity of the parent vegetation. At 6000±500 14C yr BP 255 samples are analysed from 127 sites. Differences between the modern and the 6000±500 14C yr BP reconstruction are comparatively small. Patterns of change relative to the modern reconstruction are mainly to biomes characteristic of drier climate in the north of the region with a slight more mesic shift in the south. Cool temperate rain forest remains dominant in western South America. In northwestern South America a number of sites record transitions from tropical seasonal forest to tropical dry forest and tropical rain forest to tropical seasonal forest. Sites in Central America also show a change in biome assignment to more mesic vegetation, indicative of greater plant available moisture, e.g. on the Yucatán peninsula sites record warm evergreen forest, replacing tropical dry forest and warm mixed forest presently recorded. At 18 000±1000 14C yr BP 61 samples from 34 sites record vegetation that reflects a generally cool and dry environment. Cool grass/shrubland prevalent in southeast Brazil, Amazonian sites record tropical dry forest, warm temperate rain forest and tropical seasonal forest. Southernmost South America is dominated by cool grass/shrubland, a single site retains cool temperate rain forest indicating that forest was present at some locations at the LGM. Some sites in Central México and lowland Colombia remain unchanged in their biome assignments, although the affinities that these sites have to different biomes do change between 18 000±1000 14C yr BP and present. The "unresponsive" nature of these sites results from their location and the impact of local edaphic influence.
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Arsenault, André, and Gary E. Bradfield. "Structural – compositional variation in three age-classes of temperate rainforests in southern coastal British Columbia." Canadian Journal of Botany 73, no. 1 (January 1, 1995): 54–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b95-007.

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Relationships between forest structure and species composition were examined in three age-classes of temperate rain forest in southern coastal British Columbia. Old forests (> 250 years) exhibited greater structural and compositional heterogeneity than young (31–60 years) and mature (61–80 years) forests. Size-class distributions of living and dead standing trees in the three age groups suggested both qualitative and quantitative differences in regeneration and mortality processes. The canonical correlation between structure and composition was high (Rc = 0.84), but a substantial amount of total variation remained unexplained by the analysis. Principal component analysis (PCA) axis 1 of species composition separated the lower elevation (warmer and drier) mature forests from the higher elevation (cooler and wetter) young and old forests. PCA axis 1 of structure separated the young and mature forests as a group from the old forests. PCAs of the separate age-classes indicated weaker compositional – structural linkages than with all age-classes combined. Study area differences explained greater proportions of variation in young and mature forests (up to 53%) than in old forests (< 10%). The results indicate a slow recovery process following impacts from human disturbance in coastal forests. Key words: canonical correlation analysis, old-growth temperate rain forest, principal component analysis, species composition, forest structure.
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Saigusa, N., K. Ichii, H. Murakami, R. Hirata, J. Asanuma, H. Den, S. J. Han, et al. "Impact of meteorological anomalies in the 2003 summer on Gross Primary Productivity in East Asia." Biogeosciences 7, no. 2 (February 15, 2010): 641–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-641-2010.

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Abstract. Northern Eurasia experienced anomalous weather conditions in the 2003 summer. We examined how forest ecosystems responded to the meteorological anomalies during the period using the dataset collected at flux monitoring sites in Asia, including a boreal forest in Mongolia, temperate forests in China and Japan, and a sub-tropical forest in China, as well as the dataset from satellite remote sensing. From July to August 2003, an active rain band stayed in the mid-latitude in East Asia for an unusually long period. Under the influence of the rain band, the Gross Primary Production (GPP), of temperate forests was 20–30% lower in the 2003 summer than in other years due to significant reduction in the Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density (PPFD). The GPP of a cool-temperate forest in the north of the rain band was slightly enhanced by the higher PPFD; however, the GPP of a sub-tropical forest located in the south of the rain band was reduced by drought stress due to extremely hot and dry conditions. The correlation coefficients for the year-to-year changes in the PPFD and GPP during mid-summer were calculated, and the spatial distribution was examined. The spatial pattern of the PPFD was calculated by satellite data, and that of the GPP was estimated by a regression-type model, which was trained and tested by ground observation data. The correlation was positive in the mid- and high-latitudes since light was an essential factor of the summer GPP. On the other hand, a negative correlation appeared in the lower latitudes, suggesting that the water limitation was much more important than the PPFD in the region. Our study illustrated that the integration of flux data from wide areas by combining satellite remote sensing data can help us gain an understanding of the ecosystem responses to large-scale meteorological phenomena.
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Saigusa, N., K. Ichii, H. Murakami, R. Hirata, J. Asanuma, H. Den, S. J. Han, et al. "Impact of meteorological anomalies in the 2003 summer on gross primary productivity in East Asia." Biogeosciences Discussions 6, no. 5 (September 8, 2009): 8883–921. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-6-8883-2009.

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Abstract. Northern Eurasia experienced anomalous weather conditions in the 2003 summer. We examined how forest ecosystems responded to the meteorological anomalies during the period using the dataset collected at flux monitoring sites in Asia, including a boreal forest in Mongolia, temperate forests in China and Japan, and a sub-tropical forest in China, as well as the dataset from satellite remote sensing. From July to August 2003, an active rain band stayed in the mid-latitude in East Asia for an unusually long period. Under the influence of the rain band, the gross primary production (GPP) of temperate forests was 20–30% lower in the 2003 summer than in other years due to significant reduction in the photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD). The GPP of a cool-temperate forest in the north of the rain band was slightly enhanced by the higher PPFD; however, the GPP of a sub-tropical forest located in the south of the rain band was reduced by drought stress due to extremely hot and dry conditions. The correlation coefficients for the year-to-year changes in the PPFD and GPP during mid-summer were calculated, and the spatial distribution was examined. The spatial pattern of the PPFD was calculated by satellite data, and that of the GPP was estimated by a regression-type model, which was trained and tested by ground observation data. The correlation was positive in the mid- and high-latitudes since light was an essential factor of the summer GPP. On the other hand, a negative correlation appeared in the lower latitudes, suggesting that the water limitation was much more important than the PPFD in the region. Our study illustrated that the integration of flux data from wide areas by combining satellite remote sensing data can help us gain an understanding of the ecosystem responses to large-scale meteorological phenomena.
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Rozanova, Oksana L., Sergey M. Tsurikov, Alexei V. Tiunov, and Eugenia E. Semenina. "Arthropod rain in a temperate forest: Intensity and composition." Pedobiologia 75 (July 2019): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2019.05.005.

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Gavin, Daniel Girard. "Holocene fire history of a coastal temperate rain forest, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5477.

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Cunningham, Shaun Cameron 1971. "Comparative ecophysiology of temperate and tropical rainforest canopy trees of Australia in relation to climate variables." Monash University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9040.

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Pearson, Audrey F. "Natural disturbance patterns in a coastal temperate rain forest watershed, Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5513.

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Murakami, Aya. "The relationships between headwater stream macroinvertebrate communities and summer low-flow events in a temperate rain forest." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11563.

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Using a forested headwater stream system as a model, the effects of inter-annual variation in summer discharge regimes on aquatic insect communities were investigated. More specifically, the benthic invertebrate community response to the intensity, minimum discharges, frequency, duration and abruptness of summer low-flow events were examined. We hypothesized that intensification of summer low-flow events, both in duration and magnitude, have some negative impacts on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in riffles. Examples of negative impacts include reduction in their abundance and/or biodiversity. First, the abundance and functional trait data of the benthic macroinvertebrates in the three streams in the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, British Columbia, Canada, were analyzed with respect to the low-flow events. Second, population models were built to simulate the potential responses of lotic aquatic insect communities to future climate change scenarios that differ in the rate of intensifications in extreme flow events: a low-flow event scenario within the current range versus 10% increase in intensity. The summer low-flow events were found to have a significant relationship with benthic macroinvertebrate communities through three-table ordinations of the empirical data. The community structure was correlated with a major ocean-atmosphere regime shift (Pacific Decadal Oscillation). The intensity and duration of low-flow events explained the observed shift in community structure favouring r-selected traits (e.g. short life cycle, high reproduction rate). The two low-flow severity scenarios showed the significant differential impacts on the aquatic insect community structures when individual populations were modeled according to their traits. Aquatic insects could be separated into three groups according to their sensitivities, measured by extinction rates, toward the two scenarios.
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Cornelius, Cintia. "Genetic and demographic consequences of human-driven landscape changes on bird populations the case of Aphrastura spinicauda (Furnariidae) in the temperate rainforest of South America /." Diss., St. Louis, Mo. : University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2006. http://etd.umsl.edu/r1821.

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Affeld, Kathrin. "Spatial complexity and microclimatic responses of epiphyte communities and their invertebrate fauna in the canopy of northern rata (Metrosideros robusta A. Cunn.: Myrtaceae) on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/771.

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Rain forest canopies are renowned for their very high biodiversity and the critical role they play in key ecological processes and their influence on global climate. Despite that New Zealand supports one of the most diverse and extensive epiphyte flora of any temperate forest system, few studies have investigated epiphyte communities and their invertebrate fauna along with factors that influence their distribution and composition. This thesis represents the first comprehensive study of entire epiphyte communities and their resident invertebrate fauna in the canopy of New Zealand’s indigenous forests. The aim of this study was to determine spatial patterns of epiphyte and invertebrate species richness, abundance and community composition in relation to abiotic variables, and in particular, the responses of these communities to elevated temperature and rainfall. This study was carried out in coastal lowland podocarp-broadleaved forests at two sites on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Samples from 120 mat-forming epiphyte assemblages located on inner canopy branches of 40 northern rata (Metrosideros robusta) trees were studied to characterise the component flora and fauna. Additionally, biomass, branch and tree characteristics and community responses to treatments designed to elevate temperature and rainfall to simulate predicted climate change were measured. This investigation revealed astonishing diversity and functional complexity of epiphyte and invertebrate life in this ecosystem. The 30.6 kg (dry weight) of epiphyte material collected contained a total of 567 species, 170 epiphyte and 397 invertebrate (excluding immature specimens and mites) species, including at least 10 species new to science and many undescribed species Epiphyte communities were found to be dominated by non-vascular plants (80 % of the total species richness), particularly liverworts and invertebrate communities were dominated with respect to abundance (~ 80 % of the total individuals) by Acari, Collembola and Hymenoptera (primarily ants) and functionally by scavengers and ants. Epiphyte and invertebrate communities were highly variable with respect to spatial patterning of species richness, abundance and composition across sites, among trees within sites and among branches within trees. Overall, a highly significant proportion, > 75 %, of the variance could be attributed to differences at the branch level, but these differences could not be explained by the environmental factors measured. There were no consistent relationships between the spatial pattern of epiphytes and invertebrates, or between vascular and non-vascular plants. However, there were significant positive correlations between epiphyte biomass and invertebrate species richness (r = 0.472; p < 0.0001) and abundance (r = -0.395; p < 0.0001), as well as non-living epiphyte biomass and scavenger species richness (r = 0.4; p < 0.0001). Microclimatic measurements taken on epiphyte mats were also highly variable with respect to temperature and relative humidity at similar physical locations within the same tree as well as across trees within sites. There was also considerable variation in the intensity and frequency of climatic extremes, although potentially harmful climatic conditions were experienced by all the epiphyte mats for which weather variables were measured. Negative correlations existed between both epiphyte and invertebrate community composition and increased temperatures expressed as cumulative degree days above 5˚C. However, variability was such that there was no direct evidence that increased temperature and rainfall treatments had an effect on invertebrate species richness, abundance or diversity. Northern rata host trees harbour an astonishingly diverse and complex canopy flora and fauna that is characterised by high spatial variability. Such variability highlights that to determine species distribution and community dynamics in canopy habitats in response to disturbance caused either by climate change or invasive species the structure of entire communities at different taxonomic and spatial scales, along with their responses to microclimatic factors, need to be studied. If such complexities are not taken into account, inappropriate interpretation may result in poor decisions concerning the conservation status, vulnerability and subsequent management of such unique ecosystems.
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Echeverría, Cristian Mauricio. "Fragmentation of temperate rain forests in Chile : patterns, causes and impacts." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615028.

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Schaumann, Friederike. "Terricolous bryophyte vegetation of chilean temperate rain forests : communities, adaptive strategies and divergence patterns /." Berlin : J. Cramer, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb401353009.

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Rolland, Christian. "Tree-Ring and Climate Relationships for Abies Alba in the Internal Alps." Tree-Ring Society, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/262377.

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The relationships between the tree-rings of the white fir (Abies alba Mill.) and climate in the French internal Alps are indicated by correlation functions. This fir shows an accurate response to climate as well as long term persistence for at least six years (MS =0.18, R1 =0.65, and R6= 0.27). Its growth is strongly influenced by the previous year's climate, especially by prior August rainfall, which enhances ring size, or by high temperatures, which show the opposite effect. The most critical period extends from prior July to prior September. This species responds positively to warm temperature from current January to April, followed by rainfall in May and June, which leads to a longer growth period. A favorable water balance seems to be decisive. Abies alba can be affected by frost and seems to prefer a low thermal amplitude as demonstrated by the analysis of the extreme temperature data. Moreover, even a few days of excessive heat can reduce its growth.
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Tribuzy, Edgard Siza. "Variações da temperatura foliar do dossel e o seu efeito na taxa assimilatória de CO2 na Amazônia Central." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/91/91131/tde-15072005-144011/.

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O papel da Floresta Amazônica na ciclagem do carbono tem sido`freqüentemente relatado, no entanto, pouco se sabe sobre os aspectos que regula nos processos de assimilação e liberação de carbono da biosfera para a atmosfera. O objetivo deste trabalho foi descrever as respostas dos processos de respiração e fotossíntese com a variação da temperatura foliar, utilizando características biofísicas e dados micro-meteorológicos, para predizer a taxa assimilatória de CO2 de um indivíduo ou da comunidade em estudo. A pesquisa foi conduzida na Estação Experimental de Silvicultura Tropical (núcleo ZF-2), área de pesquisa da Coordenação de Pesquisa de Silvicultura Tropical (CPST) do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), utilizando-se de 4 torres para o acesso as copas. Os elementos climáticos foram monitorados por estações micro-meteorológicas Li-1401. As medidas de temperatura foliar foram realizadas com o auxilio de termopares de cobre-contantan, sendo a fotossíntese e a respiração avaliadas com um analisador de gases por infravermelho, com o qual foram obtidas curvas de respostas da fotossíntese a variação de radiação fotossinteticamente ativa (A-RFA), e a variação da concentração interna de CO2 em 4 diferentes temperaturas (A-Ci-T). Os resultados mostraram que: a temperatura foliar está relacionada com a radiação fotossinteticamente ativa (RFA) e a umidade relativa do ar (UR); a temperatura ótima da fotossíntese foi de 31,1 oC, onde a comunidade apresentou 7,6 µmol.m-2.s-1 de assimilação líquida de CO2, e a partir desta temperatura houve uma diminuição da fotossíntese máxima; valores de temperaturas foliares maiores que 34,5 oC diminuíram a velocidade máxima de carboxilação e as acima de 35,7 oC diminuíram a capacidade máxima de transporte de elétrons; a condutância estomática decresceu com o aumento da temperatura foliar, dentro do intervalo de temperatura estudado, indicando que a limitação estomática pode ser o fator que mais afeta a fotossíntese; e a respiração contribuiu para que o balanço de carbono fosse menor com o aumento da temperatura foliar devido a respiração estar positivamente relacionada com a temperatura foliar. A taxa assimilatória de CO2 foi diminuída devido a aumentos da temperatura foliar, sendo principalmente afetada pela diminuição da condutância estomática e do mesofilo e depois por aumentos da respiração foliar.
The role of the Amazon Rain Forest in the carbon budget has been often reported, however little is known about the aspects regulating the processes of carbon assimilation and its release from the biosphere to the atmosphere. The objective of this work was to describe the responses of respiration and photosynthesis processes related to leaf temperature variations by using biophysics characteristics and micro-meteorological data in order to predict CO2 assimilation rates on individual or community level. The research was conducted at the Experimental Station for Tropical Forest research (ZF-2) of the National Institute of Research of the Amazon (INPA). For this study four towers were used to access the canopy. Climatic parameters were monitored by micrometeorological stations Li-1401. The leaf temperature was measured using copper-contantan thermocouples. Photosynthesis and respiration were evaluated with an infra-red gas analyzer, generating light and CO2 curves responses. The results showed that: the leaf temperature was related to the photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) and to the relative air humidity (UR). The optimal photosynthesis temperature was 31,1 ºC where the tree community presented 7,6 µmol.m-2.s-1 of net CO2 assimilation. Above this temperature a reduction of the maximal photosynthesis was determined. Leaf temperatures higher than 34,0 ºC decreased the maximal velocity of RuBP carboxilation and temperatures higher than 35,7ºC decreased the maximal capacity of electrons transportation. The stomatal conductance decreased with increasing leaf temperatures within the temperature interval studied. The results indicated that the stomatal limitation probably represent the main factor that effects photosynthesis. The respiration contributes to reduce the carbon assimilation due to the increase of the leaf temperature because respiration is positively related to leaf temperature. Thus, the CO2 assimilation rates decreased with an increase of leaf temperature and is mainly affected by a decrease of stomatal and mesophyll conductance and by an increase of leaf respiration.
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Books on the topic "Temperate rain forest"

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British Columbia's inland rainforest: Ecology, conservation, and management. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011.

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Temperate forest biomes. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2008.

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Ellis, Gerry. America's rainforest. Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, 1991.

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Temperate and boreal rainforests of the world: Ecology and conservation. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2011.

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Nowacki, Gregory J. The effects of wind disturbance on temperate rain forest structure and dynamics of Southeast Alaska. Portland, Or: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1998.

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Nowacki, Gregory J. The effects of wind disturbance on temperate rain forest structure and dynamics of Southeast Alaska. Portland, Or: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1998.

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Moore, M. Keith. Coastal watersheds: An inventory of the watersheds in the coastal temperate forests of British Columbia. [British Columbia]: Earthlife Canada Foundation & Ecotrust/Conservation International, 1991.

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The Tundra. New York: Benchmark Books, 1995.

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Carlson, Toby N. A remotely sensed index of deforestation/urbanization for use in climate models: Annual performance report for the period 1 January 1995 - 31 December 1995. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1995.

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Carlson, Toby N. A remotely sensed index of deforestation/urbanization for use in climate models: Annual performance report for the period 1 January 1995 - 31 December 1995. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1995.

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Book chapters on the topic "Temperate rain forest"

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Bunce, Hubert W. F. "Succession and Ecology: Environmental Responses of a Temperate Climate Rain Forest Exposed to Industrial Emissions." In Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes, 600–601. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2866-7_76.

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Zeegers, H., and C. Leduc. "Geochemical exploration for gold in temperate, arid, semi-arid, and rain-forest terrains." In Gold Metallogeny and Exploration, 309–35. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2128-6_10.

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Zeegers, H., and C. Leduc. "Geochemical exploration for gold in temperate, arid, semi-arid, and rain-forest terrains." In Gold metallogeny and exploration, 309–35. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0497-5_10.

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Inagaki, M., M. Sakai, and Y. Ohnuki. "The effects of organic carbon on acid rain in a temperate forest in Japan." In Acid Reign ’95?, 2345–50. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0864-8_78.

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Maley, Jean. "Late Quaternary Climatic Changes in the African Rain Forest : Forest Refugia and the Major Role of Sea Surface Temperature Variations." In Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport, 585–616. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0995-3_25.

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"Temperate Rain Forest." In Ecology of North America, 203–22. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118971550.ch10.

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Hauff Platais, Gunnars, Maísa dos Santos Guapyassú, and Jorge Paladino Corrêa de Lima. "Restoration practices in Brazil’s Atlantic Rain Forest." In Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, 409–22. CRC Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203497784.ch27.

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Wohl, Ellen. "Deep, Dark Forest: Temperate Rain Forest of Northwestern Montana." In Transient Landscapes: Insights on a Changing Planet, 179–82. University Press of Colorado, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5876/9781607323693.c039.

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Veblen, Thomas T. "Temperate Forests of the Southern Andean Region." In The Physical Geography of South America. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195313413.003.0021.

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Although most of the continent of South America is characterized by tropical vegetation, south of the tropic of Capricorn there is a full range of temperate-latitude vegetation types including Mediterranean-type sclerophyll shrublands, grasslands, steppe, xeric woodlands, deciduous forests, and temperate rain forests. Southward along the west coast of South America the vast Atacama desert gives way to the Mediterranean-type shrublands and woodlands of central Chile, and then to increasingly wet forests all the way to Tierra del Fuego at 55°S. To the east of the Andes, these forests are bordered by the vast Patagonian steppe of bunch grasses and short shrubs. The focus of this chapter is on the region of temperate forests occurring along the western side of the southernmost part of South America, south of 33°S. The forests of the southern Andean region, including the coastal mountains as well as the Andes, are presently surrounded by physiognomically and taxonomically distinct vegetation types and have long been isolated from other forest regions. Although small in comparison with the extent of temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, this region is one of the largest areas of temperate forest in the Southern Hemisphere and is rich in endemic species. For readers familiar with temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere, it is difficult to place the temper temperate forests of southern South America into a comparable ecological framework owing both to important differences in the histories of the biotas and to contrasts between the broad climatic patterns of the two hemispheres. There is no forest biome in the Southern Hemisphere that is comparable to the boreal forests of the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The boreal forests of the latter are dominated by evergreen conifers of needle-leaved trees, mostly in the Pinaceae family, and occur in an extremely continental climate. In contrast, at high latitudes in southern South America, forests are dominated mostly by broadleaved trees such as the southern beech genus (Nothofagus). Evergreen conifers with needle or scaleleaves (from families other than the Pinaceae) are a relatively minor component of these forests.
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Oswood, Mark W., and Nicholas F. Hughes. "Running Waters of the Alaskan Boreal Forest." In Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195154313.003.0015.

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Running waters reflect the character of their landscape. Landscapes influence their streams by supplying dissolved ions to the water, determining the organic matter supply to stream foodwebs, and influencing water temperature and water flows (Gregory et al. 1991, Hynes 1975). The water that feeds streams has passed over and through the vegetation, soils, and rocks of the valley. Just as urine carries the chemical imprint of metabolic activities (such as diabetes), the kinds and amounts of dissolved matter delivered to stream channels carry the signature of the valley’s parent materials and biota. Riparian (streamside) vegetation similarly regulates the balance of carbon sources to stream consumers. In valleys with sparse riparian vegetation, abundant light at the streambed allows in-stream primary production by protists and plants to dominate. Where riparian vegetation forms a canopy over the stream, leaves and needles from shrubs and trees dominate carbon supplies to consumers because low light limits contributions from in-stream primary producers (Vannote et al. 1980). Water temperature and flow are complexly determined by climatic controls (e.g., air and soil temperatures, patterns of precipitation), landscape physiography (e.g., shading of streams by valley walls), and the filter of lightabsorbing and water-transpiring riparian vegetation. Thus, streams in the desert biome of the American Southwest, with intermittent droughts and floods, high water temperatures, and abundant light, are very different habitats from the cool, dark waters of perennial streams in the temperate rain forest of the Pacific Northwest coast (Fisher 1995). Likewise, streams in the boreal forest of Alaska (and in the cold circumboreal forests of the world) take their cues from the landscape. Cold permeates the ecology of the boreal landscape and the running waters therein. The consequences of high-latitude climate on running waters are at least three: creation of ice in both terrestrial and running water systems; limited inputs of organic matter and nutrients to foodwebs; and thermal effects of low water temperatures on biological processes (Oswood 1997). For forested streams, a good case can be made for autumn as the beginning of the stream’s “fiscal” year. Autumnal leaf fall from riparian vegetation provides a major proportion of the annual energy budget to stream foodwebs.
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Conference papers on the topic "Temperate rain forest"

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Vaca, Cesar Cisneros, and Christiaan van der Tol. "Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 to Rain Stored in Temperate Forest." In IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2018.8517859.

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Dedmon, Steven L. "The Role of Oxidation in Railroad Wheels." In 2012 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2012-74124.

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On-tread braking generates high heat and often results in temperatures on the tread surface in excess of 400C (750F). Temperatures this high result in rapid oxidation of the tread surface. High temperature oxidation for steel generally follows a parabolic rate law: the time to generate a given weight or thickness of an oxide layer increases proportionately to the square of the weight or thickness of that oxide layer. The decrease in the rate of generation of new scale thickness results from the longer time it takes for oxygen to diffuse through an increasingly thicker layer of oxide. However, wheel/rail contact and abrasive action from the brake pad often erodes the oxide layer as it forms, accelerating the rate of formation of the oxide. Further, as the oxide forms, cold worked tread material from rolling contact forces is removed thereby reducing the beneficial residual stresses and higher hardness layer that may have protected the tread surface from further plastic deformation. Environmental factors may also aggravate oxidation losses sufficiently to make it a primary rather than a secondary cause of wear. High temperature oxidation can contribute to an accelerated rate of shelling, which can result from oxide forming within tread cracks. Tensile stresses at the crack tip are caused by expansion when the oxide forms. Compressive stresses in the oxide are usually minimal, as expansion is not constrained in the scale growth direction. Volume constraints within a crack when the oxide forms generates compressive stresses in the newly formed oxide, which results in wedging forces at the crack tip. Oxidation of the tread surface may permit debris to adhere to the tread surface creating a defect called “built-up tread”. Although built-up tread defects require other factors in order to become a problem, oxidation of the tread surface appears to be an initiating mechanism. Results from experimentation and Finite Element Analyses are used to support this work.
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Bruzek, Radim, Larry Biess, Leopold Kreisel, and Leith Al-Nazer. "Rail Temperature Prediction Model and Heat Slow Order Management." In 2014 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2014-3767.

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Track buckling due to excessive rail temperature may cause derailments with serious consequences. To minimize the risk of derailments, slow orders are typically issued on sections of track in areas where an elevated rail temperature is expected and risk of track buckling is increased. While slow orders are an important preventive safety measure, they are costly as they disrupt timetables and can affect time-sensitive shipments. Optimizing the slow order management process would result in significant cost saving for the railroads. The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) Office of Research and Development has sponsored the development of a model for predicting rail temperatures using real time weather forecast data and predefined track parameters and a web-based system for providing resulting information to operators. In cooperation with CSX Transportation (CSX) and FRA, ENSCO Inc. conducted a comprehensive model verification study by comparing actual rail temperatures measured by wayside sensors installed at 23 measurement sites located across the CSX network with the rail temperatures predicted by the model based on weather forecast data over the course of spring and summer 2012. In addition to the correlation analysis, detection theory was used to evaluate the model’s ability to correctly identify instances when rail temperatures are elevated above a wide range of thresholds. Detection theory provides a good way of comparing the performance of the model to the performance of the current industry practice of estimating rail temperature based on constant offsets above predicted daily peak ambient air temperatures. As a next step in order to quantify the impact of implementation of the model on CSX operations, heat slow orders issued by CSX in 2012 on 10 selected subdivisions were compared to theoretical heat slow orders generated by the model. The paper outlines the analysis approach together with correlation, detection theory and slow order comparison results. The analysis results along with investigation of past heat related track buckle derailments indicate that the railroad would benefit from adopting the rail temperature prediction model along with flexible rail temperature thresholds. The implementation of the model will have a positive impact on safety by allowing for issuing of advance heat slow orders in more accurate, effective and targeted way.
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Bruzek, Radim, Larry Biess, and Leith Al-Nazer. "Development of Rail Temperature Predictions to Minimize Risk of Track Buckle Derailments." In 2013 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2013-2451.

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Track buckling due to excessive rail temperature is a major cause of derailments with serious consequences. To minimize the risk of derailments, slow orders are typically issued on sections of track in areas where an elevated rail temperature is expected and risk of track buckling is increased. While the slow orders are an important preventive safety measure, they are costly as they disrupt timetables and can affect time-sensitive shipments. Optimizing the slow order process would result in significant cost saving for the railroads. The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) Office of Research and Development has sponsored the development of a model for predicting rail temperatures using real time weather forecast data and predefined track parameters and a web-based system for providing resulting information to operators. In cooperation with CSX Transportation (CSX), ENSCO Inc. conducted a model verification study by comparing actual rail temperatures measured by wayside sensors installed on railroad track near Folkston, GA, with the rail temperatures predicted by the model based on weather forecast data over the course of summer 2011. The paper outlines the procedure of the verification process together with correlation results, which are favorable. The paper also presents results of several case studies conducted on derailments attributed to track buckling. These investigations improve our understanding of conditions and temperature patterns leading to increased risk of rail buckles and validate further use of the Rail Temperature Prediction Model as track buckling prediction tool and as an aid to the railroads in making more informed decisions on slow order issuing process.
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Rawat, Monika. "Soil Respiration Variation under the Canopy of Dominant Tree Species across different seasons in Temperate Forest." In Qatar University Annual Research Forum & Exhibition. Qatar University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/quarfe.2020.0021.

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Soil respiration is defined as the production of carbon dioxide when soil organisms are active. It is an important process in the ecosystem and has direct influence on climate change. Therefore understanding it under different vegetation types is an essential goal in soil science. The major sources which effect the soil respiration rate are plant roots, the rhizosphere, microbes and soil fauna and these sources are control by various factors like temperature, moisture, nutreint content and oxygen in the soil. Soil respiration rate is important for understanding soil biological activity, nutrient cycling, soil microbial biomass, soil organic matter and its decomposition.Therefore soil respiration was studied under the canopy of ten dominant tree species of temperate forest. Our study determined that highest soil respiration was under the canopy of Eunonymous pendulus (EP) i.e. 20.01 μmolm−2 s−1 and across season it was high during the rains.
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Zhao, Weihua, Ping Wang, and Yang Cao. "Additional Temperature Forces of Continuous Welded Rail on Large-Span Steel Truss Cable-Stayed Bridge." In Third International Conference on Transportation Engineering (ICTE). Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41184(419)292.

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Shust, William, David Read, and F. Brent Jury. "A Novel Method for Estimating the Neutral Temperature of Continuously Welded Rail." In ASME 2007 Rail Transportation Division Fall Technical Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/rtdf2007-46023.

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Traditionally, railroad track is installed so that rails that are welded together into strings longer than 400 feet experience no longitudinal thermal force at rail temperatures of 90 to 115 degrees °F. This rail temperature at which the thermal force is zero is commonly referred to as the rail’s neutral temperature. Rail at temperatures higher than the neutral temperature are in a state of compression, and in cooler temperatures are in tension. Except for the textbook case of a perfectly straight rail, these longitudinal forces must be reacted along the length of the rail via friction and the rail fasteners. A new device is designed to exploit changes in vibration of the rails within these fastenings and yield a non-destructive estimate of the installed neutral temperature. This paper will report on various on-track tests conducted at the Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) in Pueblo, CO. This behavior was first noted empirically, without a background engineering mechanics outline. Similarly, this paper will follow the same evolution. After presentation of test data, engineering explanations will follow using theory and mechanical modeling.
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Li, Dingqing, and Monique Stewart. "Thermal Effects on Wheel Performance Based on Twin Disc Testing." In 2020 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2020-8083.

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Abstract This paper presents the results and findings from a testing program conducted to investigate how temperature at the wheel-rail interface may affect wheel surface performance; i.e., development of rolling contact fatigue (RCF) and wear. Under this testing program, a twin disc test machine was used to test two different types of wheel specimens (cast and forged) under a range of temperatures (ambient to 800° F) and slip ratios from 0 to 0.75 percent. This testing program included a total of 32 tests, covering two wheel materials, four different temperatures, four slip ratios, and various traction coefficients as a ratio of longitudinal and vertical wheel/rail contact forces.
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Lee, Kyoung-Chan, Seung Yup Jang, Dong-Ki Jung, Hyung-Kyoon Byun, Hyo-Ki Park, and Tae-Sock Yang. "Rail-Structure Interaction Analysis of Sliding Slab Track on Bridge." In 2015 Joint Rail Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2015-5661.

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Continuous welded rail (CWR) on a bridge structure typically experiences a large amount of additional longitudinal axial forces due to longitudinal rail-structure (or track-bridge) interaction under temperature change and train vertical and traction/braking load effect. In order to reduce the additional axial forces, a special type of fastener, such as zero longitudinal restraint (ZLR) and reduced longitudinal restraint (RLR) or rail expansion joint (REJ) should be applied. Sliding slab track system is developed to reduce the effect of rail-structure interaction through the application of a low-frictional sliding layer between slab track and bridge structure. This study presents a track-bridge interaction analysis of the sliding slab track and compares them with conventional fixed slab track on bridges. Various types of span length and longitudinal profiles of bridges are considered in the analysis, which also include multiple continuous spans and extra-dosed bridges. The analysis found that the sliding slab track can reduce the additional axial forces of the continuous welded rail from 80% to 90%, and the difference is more significant for long and continuous span bridge. By the application of the sliding slab track, the use of any other special type of rail fasteners or REJ can be avoided. In addition, span length will not be restricted by the rail-structure interaction effect in planning the railway bridge layout. Continuous span bridge has been usually avoided for railway bridges, but it is preferred for the application of the sliding slab track because the interaction effect can mostly be removed. A continuous span bridge usually has an economical cross-section for the bridge girder, pier and foundation and better dynamic characteristics compared to simple span bridge, and its application eventually will reduce the construction cost of the railway infrastructure.
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Yang, Rong-shan, Xue-yi Liu, and Ping Wang. "Research on Longitudinal Force Computation Theory and Experiment of the Welded Turnout on the Bridge." In 2010 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2010-36084.

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According to characteristics of force and displacement of welded turnout on bridge, the turnout-bridge-platform integration computation model was established; the model was solved by finite element method. Taking the Meichi No.1bridge on Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway line as the example, the force and the displacement characteristics of the welded turnout on bridge were analyzed. The temperature force and the displacement of welded turnout on bridge was measured, the site test proves that the calculated results are consistent with the measurements. The analysis and the test prove that the turnout -bridge-platform integration computation model to solve the longitudinal force and displacement of welded turnout on bridge was feasible; the forces and displacements of welded turnout on bridge and CWR on bridge were different, Some parameters Influencing the longitudinal force and displacement of the welded turnout on bridge should be calculated, such as the temperature of rail, the disposal of turnout, the location of turnout and bridge, and so on; in dense turnout area, such as throat zone, the interaction between turnouts was considerable, for the sake of calculating the force and displacement of turnout on the bridge well, the integration computation model including all the turnouts and bridges should be established.
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Reports on the topic "Temperate rain forest"

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Nicholls, David, and Trista Patterson. Greenhouse gas emissions versus forest sequestration in temperate rain forests—a southeast Alaska analysis. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-918.

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Nowacki, Gregory J., and Marc G. Kramer. The effects of wind disturbance on temperate rain forest structure and dynamics of southeast Alaska. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/pnw-gtr-421.

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Brandt, Leslie A., Cait Rottler, Wendy S. Gordon, Stacey L. Clark, Lisa O'Donnell, April Rose, Annamarie Rutledge, and Emily King. Vulnerability of Austin’s urban forest and natural areas: A report from the Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Northern Forests Climate Hub, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2020.7204069.ch.

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The trees, developed green spaces, and natural areas within the City of Austin’s 400,882 acres will face direct and indirect impacts from a changing climate over the 21st century. This assessment evaluates the vulnerability of urban trees and natural and developed landscapes within the City Austin to a range of future climates. We synthesized and summarized information on the contemporary landscape, provided information on past climate trends, and illustrated a range of projected future climates. We used this information to inform models of habitat suitability for trees native to the area. Projected shifts in plant hardiness and heat zones were used to understand how less common native species, nonnative species, and cultivars may tolerate future conditions. We also assessed the adaptability of planted and naturally occurring trees to stressors that may not be accounted for in habitat suitability models such as drought, flooding, wind damage, and air pollution. The summary of the contemporary landscape identifies major stressors currently threatening trees and forests in Austin. Major current threats to the region’s urban forest include invasive species, pests and disease, and development. Austin has been warming at a rate of about 0.4°F per decade since measurements began in 1938 and temperature is expected to increase by 5 to 10°F by the end of this century compared to the most recent 30-year average. Both increases in heavy rain events and severe droughts are projected for the future, and the overall balance of precipitation and temperature may shift Austin’s climate to be more similar to the arid Southwest. Species distribution modeling of native trees suggests that suitable habitat may decrease for 14 primarily northern species, and increase for four more southern species. An analysis of tree species vulnerability that combines model projections, shifts in hardiness and heat zones, and adaptive capacity showed that only 3% of the trees estimated to be present in Austin based on the most recent Urban FIA estimate were considered to have low vulnerability in developed areas. Using a panel of local experts, we also assessed the vulnerability of developed and natural areas. All areas were rated as having moderate to moderate-high vulnerability, but the underlying factors driving that vulnerability differed by natural community and between East and West Austin. These projected changes in climate and their associated impacts and vulnerabilities will have important implications for urban forest management, including the planting and maintenance of street and park trees, management of natural areas, and long-term planning.
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