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Forest is the most outstretched natural element in the Tatra Mountains. Continuous forest belt covers an area of nearly 60,000 ha on both, Slovak and Polish sides. In addition to that, shrubby stands at timberline, formed by mountain pine (Pinus mugo), covers another 10,000 ha.
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Fleischer, P., Koreň, M., Škvarenina, J., Kunca, V. (2009). Risk Assessment of the Tatra Mountains Forest. In: Střelcová, K., et al. Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8876-6_13
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