The Effect of Exposure on Alpine Treeline Position: a Case Study from the High Sudetes, Czech Republic

Abstract

Using the High Sudetes its all example, we examined whether the position of the alpine treeline is in fact related to the heat load of the site, and whether the temperatures of the air and soil change along slopes with differing exposure to solar radiati

Keywords

• incident radiation
• heat load
• temperatures
• ecotone
• timberline
• vegetation
• mountains
• landscape
• europe
• alps