Detecting climatic treelines in the Italian Alps : the influence of geomorphological factors and human impacts

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

LEONELLI, G.

ARPA Valle d'Aosta, Saint Christophe, Italie

PELFINI, M.

Dep. of Earth Sciences, Univ., Milan, Italie

MORRA DI CELLA, U.

ARPA Valle d'Aosta, Saint Christophe, Italie

Description :
In this study, the AA. describe landscape-scale patterns of the upper boundaries of forest in 5 valleys in the inner and peripheral regions of the Alps. The aim is to describe present treeline altitudes according to climatic, geomorphologic and anthropogenic factors in order to select sites appropriate to the study of climatic treeline dynamics. Moreover, the AA. want to check whether or not human disturbance has a different impact on treeline altitude in the study sites.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Physical geography, issn : 0272-3646, 2009, vol. 30, n°. 4, p. 338-352, nombre de pages : 15, Références bibliographiques : 3,5 p.

Date :
2009

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis

Langue :
Anglais