Twentieth century treeline ecotone advance in the SudetesMountains (Central Europe)was induced by agricultural land abandonment rather than climate change

Abstract

What was the main trigger of treeline ecotone advance - rising temperature or agricultural land abandonment? Were the triggering factors of tree expansion homogeneous or did they differ between upper and lower parts of the treeline ecotone?

Keywords

• treeline
• Sudetes
• climate change