Aeolian fallout on recently deglaciated terrain in the high Arctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Hawes, T C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Allochthonous; Collembola; Detritus; Passive dispersal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHONY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DEGLACIATION; DETRITUS; FALLOUT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRAIN; WIND FORCING;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 38049070359     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0357-0     Document Type: Article

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