Open AccessThe upper beech forest line in the Steneto Biosphre Reserve on the northern slopes of the Stara Planina Mts. (Central Bulgaria)
Author(s) -
Š. Michalik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1992.025
Subject(s) - beech , altitude (triangle) , geology , geography , physical geography , forestry , mathematics , geometry
The upper beech forest line has a very complicated shape in a mountain valley running in the W-E direction. On the shady northern slope it reaches an average of 1659 m above sea level, while on the insolated southern slope, about 1760 m. It was found and proven statistically that the altitude of the boundary is dependent on the relative isolation (r = 0.309, α = 0.01), exposition and relief of the territory