Notes on the altitudinal range of the mosses in Aberdeenshire

G. Dickie
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Commentary: David Chamberlain* I believe that there is more for the 21st century in this paper than an attempt to put a scientific gloss on a gratifying account of the spoils of the hunt. If altitudinal range can be used as a sympiezometer of climatic change then historical accounts such as this could provide datum points to assess potential change. However, if we assume a 1.1°C (~ 2°F) increase in average temperature over the past 160 years, this roughly equates to an expected increase in the lowest altitude records of perhaps 122 m (= 400 ft). I doubt that the records cited here are complete enough to pick up such a change. Indeed, the altitudinal ranges are very much in line with those that apply to the same species today, though I doubt that we should be complacent as average temperature may not be the limiting factor resulting from climate change that controls the distribution of our alpine and montane bryophytes. Despite this, I value this paper as an early attempt to analyse an environmental factor in relation to distribution.
关于阿伯丁郡苔藓的海拔范围的注释
评论:大卫·张伯伦*我相信,这篇文章不仅仅是试图用科学的眼光来描述令人满意的狩猎战利品,更有21世纪的意义。如果海拔高度可以作为气候变化的指示剂,那么像这样的历史记录可以提供基准点来评估潜在的变化。然而,如果我们假设过去160年的平均温度升高1.1°C(~ 2°F),这大致相当于最低海拔记录的预期升高122米(= 400英尺)。我怀疑这里引用的记录是否足够完整,足以发现这种变化。事实上,海拔范围与今天同一物种的海拔范围非常一致,尽管我怀疑我们应该自满,因为平均温度可能不是气候变化导致的控制高山和山地苔藓植物分布的限制因素。尽管如此,我认为这篇论文是分析与分布有关的环境因素的早期尝试。
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