TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - Timberline ecotone (TE) generally developed because the temperatures in the environment were too low. There are other overlapping biotic and abiotic factors which affect the TE. The main aim of this work was to determinehow the asymmetry of Babia Góra’s ridge influences the location and characteristics of the timberline ecotone nowadays, and how the ridge influenced the timberline ecotone in the mid-20th century. The asymmetryof environmental conditions means the timberline has formed in two extreme environments: on the sunny and gentle southern slope (40% of the timberline length) and on the cold, humid, steep northern slope (another40% of the timberline length). The southern slope of the ridge shows a progressive timberline length of 86%. In turn, 81% of the timberline on the northern slope is in a stable ecotone. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/54610/PDF/WA51_74685_r2015-t88-no2_G-Polonica-Czajka3.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Geographia Polonica Vol. 88 No. 2 (2015) PY - 2015 IS - 2 EP - 102 KW - Babia Góra Mountain KW - geomorphometry KW - ridge asymmetry KW - timberline shift A1 - Czajka, Barbara A1 - Łajczak, Adam A1 - Kaczka, Ryszard J. PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 88 CY - Warszawa SP - 85 T1 - The dynamics of the timberline ecotone on the asymmetric ridge of the Babia Góra Massif, Western Carpathians UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/54610 ER -