Colonization processes on a central alpine glacier foreland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 855-862

  Brigitta, Erschbamer ^a   Ruth, Niederfriniger Schlag ^b   Eckart, Winkler ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Department of Ecological Modelling ^*  (Austria)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Displacement; Facilitation; Primary succession; Safe sites; Seed availability; Seed introduction; Species dynamics; Vegetation cover.

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; FORELAND BASIN; MORAINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 63949085553     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18464     Document Type: Article

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