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a The treeline at the Becca di Viou site (summer 2008). Geomorphological factors prevent the forest growth and the treeline from moving uniformly upward, driven by the recent climatically induced trend. b At some positions treeline trees at the highest altitude already grow close to exposed rock faces and in a very poor, rocky substrate
