An den Grenzen des Waldes und der menschlichen Siedlung

• Main Author: Koch, Eva-Maria (auth)
• Other Authors: Erschbamer, Brigitta (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: innsbruck university press 2012
• Series: Alpine Forschungsstelle Obergurgl 2
• Subjects: Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning; Geology & the lithosphere; lichens; mosses; pastures; treeline research; archaeology; petrography; land use; human presence; subalpine meadows; pinus cembra forests; lithology; tree-ring analyses; toponyms; dwarf shrub communities; Gurgl; Zirbelkiefer
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The subalpine zone of the inner Oetz Valley (Obergurgl/Vent, Tyrol, Austria) was influenced by human activities since several thousands of years. As a consequence a high diversity of plant communities developed at formerly forested areas by stone pine (Pinus cembra). Book no. 2 of the Alpine Researc...