Controlling factors limiting timberline position and shifts in the Sudetes: A review

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.geographiapolonica.pl/article/item/9974.html" target="_blank" >https://www.geographiapolonica.pl/article/item/9974.html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7163/GPol.0015" target="_blank" >10.7163/GPol.0015</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Controlling factors limiting timberline position and shifts in the Sudetes: A review

Original language description

Three isolated massifs in the Sudetes, Central Europe, are elevated sufficiently high to allow for the development of the treeline ecotone. These are the Karkonosze/Krkonoše in the West Sudetes and Hruby Jeseník and Masyw Śnieżnika/Králický Sněžnik in the East Sudetes. The upper limit of closed tree stands (i.e. timberline) is located at c. 1250 m a.s.l. on average in the Krkonoše, but with significant variability spanning more than 500 m. In the East Sudetes the respective elevation is higher, above 1300 m a.s.l., and the variability is smaller. While temperature is the primary factor governing the uppermost tree stands, second-order climatic factors play an important role in shaping treeline ecotone position, particularly wind and snow accumulation patterns.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geographia Polonica

ISSN

0016-7282

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

88

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

55-70

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84933519319