Vegetation diversity and selected abiotic factors influencing the primary succession process on the foreland of Gåsbreen, Svalbard

Vegetation diversity and selected abiotic factors influencing the primary succession process on the foreland of Gåsbreen, Svalbard

The rapidly changing Arctic provides excellent opportunities for investigating primary succession on freshly deglaciated areas. Research on the Gåsbreen foreland (S Spitsbergen) traced the succession of particular groups of organisms and species, particularly lichens and bryophytes, and determined t...

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Main Authors: Wietrzyk Paulina, Węgrzyn Michał, Lisowska Maja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2016-12-01
Series:Polish Polar Research
Subjects:
Arctic
colonisation
glacier
lichens
bryophytes
vascular plants
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2016.37.issue-4/popore-2016-0026/popore-2016-0026.xml?format=INT

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