Figure 6
From: Subalpine woody vegetation in the Eastern Carpathians after release from agropastoral pressure
Source: 1850 (Kucharzyk & Augustyn, 2008), 1969 (Kucharzyk, pers. data), 1994 (Kucharzyk & Augustyn, 2008); 2015—according to logit model, and forecast—maximum available niches of thickests calculated according to logit model (see Supplementary Information).
The present and historical extent of subalpine thicket and expected growth. (A) Vegetation cover in Rozsypaniec ridge in 1930’ Photo credit: Public domain, source: https://polona.pl/item/widok-na-halicz-w-powiecie-turczanskim-1335-m-n-p-m,Njg2NjY1NTY/0/ #info:metadata; (B) vegetation types in altitudinal limits in 2015: open meadow (polonina)—P; subalpine thicket (present)—T, subalpine thickets (forecast)—F. See also Supplementary Information—Appendix. (C) Vegetation cover at present (2015), photo credit: S. Kucharzyk; (D) Dynamics of thicket cover.
