Swiss tree lines - a GIS-based Approximation
Abstract: Mountain timber lines are relevant in the context of land abandonment and climate change. For Switzerland, GIS-compliant delimitations of the tree line and the forest line are still lacking. Recent high-resolution landcover information offers new possibilities for GIS-based approaches. In a Swiss-wide study, an analysis based on slope zones was combined with a moving-window analysis to assess tree and forest line altitude, using topographic data. The tree and the forest lines were delimited at the upper altitude reached by a tree or closed forest respectively. The model delivered a fine-scaled delimitation sensitive to local conditions. The results indicate that earlier studies underestimated the tree line altitudes for the fringes of the Alps. Also the variability inside climatic and bio-geographical regions is larger than it was estimated up to now. https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/57
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Swiss tree lines - a GIS-based Approximation ; volume:28 ; day:18 ; month:09 ; year:2012
Landscape online ; 28 (18.09.2012)
- Creator
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Szerencsits, Erich
- DOI
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10.3097/LO.201228
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020060816151339704597
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:54 AM CEST
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