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The PhD thesis (2010) of Ruud Bartholomeus, «Climate-proof and process-based relationships between water, oxygen and vegetation», has been added to the PhD theses section.
 Climate-proof and process-based relationships between water, oxygen and vegetation
Ruud Bartholomeus (2010); PhD thesis, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 128 pp.
In order to improve vegetation predictions for the future climate, process-based and climate-proof relationships between site factors and vegetation are needed. This thesis addresses the development of climate-proof relationships between soil moisture conditions and vegetation, and shows that the use of correlative, indirect relationships between site factors and vegetation should be discouraged. The effect of climate change on moisture-related plant stresses is complex; both wet and dry extremes may be affected, and conditions that are not present under the current climatic conditions could occur in the future. In order to capture such effects, climate-dependent processes that directly affect vegetation should be analysed. By providing such analysis, this research contributes to one of the required improvements of habitat distribution models.
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