Temperatura gleby w lesie i na otwartej przestrzeni

This paper compares thermal conditions of the soil in a forest stand and open terrain. Measurements were done in the spruce sawtimber stand and mountain grassland. The both sites are located close to the mountain ridge of Beskid Sądecki in the cold climatic zone at an elevation of 800 m a.s.l., slope 5° exposed to the East. The aim of the study was to describe the specificity of the forest soil thermal microclimate in the spruce stand with strong crown closure and mountain grassland. The paper presents the vertical and horizontal distribution of soil temperature in the summer during the varying weather conditions.