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Monthly and summer (June-August) mean daily soil temperatures (°C) during the growing season 2007 throughout the treeline ecotone. Statistical significant differences of mean values at p ≤ 0.05 within the treeline ecotone are indicated by different letters (SD = standard deviation).
| Soil temperature (°C) mean ± SD |
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|---|---|---|---|
| May | June-August | September | |
| Timberline | 4.9a ± 1.4 | 7.6a ± 1.9 | 4.1a ± 1.8 |
| Treeline | 6.4b ± 1.6 | 9.3b ± 1.8 | 4.5ab ± 1.8 |
| Krummholz | 7.5b ± 2.1 | 10.3c ± 2.5 | 5.9b ± 2.7 |
