title: Pine Forest on Tree-Line Ecotone in the Mountain Kazbegi in the Georgia (South Caucasus)
abstract: A widely distributed species of the pine in Georgia is -Pinus kochiana in the Caucasus Mountains.Central Great Caucasus higher is 5047m of Mt.Kazbegi and many summits are higher than 4000m.Caucasian pine from 300 to 2600m above of alpine tree line ecotone.Caucasian Pinus kochiana is on slopes from 784-2417m.Forest degradation will be activated to climate change in alpine zone and forest restoration is for protection of the environment.Other, planted pine species are migrated from Russia in Georg
journal: Agricultural Research & Technology Open Access Journal