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Why treelines?

Equatorial Andes (Venezuela and Ecuador)

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1 - Polylepis sericea forest, 4100 m (Pico Bolivar, 5007 m, in the background) (a)

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2 - Polylepis sericea (a)

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3 - Páramos de la virgen, 4000 m (b)

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4 - Polylepis incana (b)

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5 - Chuquiraga shrubs (1-3 m) in the treeline ecotone, 4000 m (b)

 

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29 August 2011
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