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Preferred term

alpine

Is replaced by

Definition

  • [Henderson's] a. appl. the part of a mountain above the tree line and below the permanent snow line, and to species mainly restricted to this zone.

Broader concept

Note

  • [controlled by ] Leca Stefan 14.06.2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_26

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