Holocene dynamics of the alpine timberline in the High Sudetes

Abstract

The study focuses on the High Sudetes that represent the most distinctive islands of alpine forest-free area among hercynian mid-mountains of Central Europe. Based on data from newly taken cores and previously published pollen profiles, comparison of the

Keywords

• alpine timberline
• High Sudetes
• Krkonose Mts
• Hruby Jesenik Mts
• Holocene
• treeline
• alps