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High-Mountain Vegetation

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The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus)

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High-mountain vegetation (from the viewpoint of botany) comprises the area situated above the climatic limit of dense forests. They are characterized by specific environmental conditions: high solar radiation, high ratio of ultra-violet radiation, low temperature, intensive pressure of water vapour, etc. (Larcher 1980; Körner 2003). The mean temperature of the growth period is generally 6–8 °C (Körner and Paulsen 2004; Pauli et al. 2011)

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Nakhutsrishvili, G. (2013). High-Mountain Vegetation. In: The Vegetation of Georgia (South Caucasus). Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29915-5_8

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