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Near-Timberline Vegetation

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The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus)

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In the Caucasus and, particularly, in Georgia, the upper limit of forests is lowered. Straight-trunk forests of dense stands have definite climatic limits in their vertical distribution. Climate above this upper boundary noticeably varies: summer temperature falls with the increase of precipitation, slopes receive abundant solar radiation with the prevalence of ultraviolet refraction, etc.

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  1. Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    George Nakhutsrishvili

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Nakhutsrishvili, G. (2013). Near-Timberline Vegetation. In: The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus). Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29915-5_7

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