Pioneer vegetation on glacier forelands in southern Norway: Emerging communities?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 889-902

  Robbins, Jane A ^a   Matthews, John A ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic alpine vegetation; Cluster analysis; Disturbed habitats; Glacier forelands; Indicator species analysis; Multi response permutation; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Pioneer community; Primary succession; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIOINDICATOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORELAND BASIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; GRASS; MORAINE; ORDINATION; PIONEER SPECIES; SCALE EFFECT; STOCHASTICITY; SUCCESSION; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JOSTEDALSBREEN; JOTUNHEIMEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

DESCHAMPSIA ALPINA; FESTUCA OVINA; OXYRIA DIGYNA; POA; POA ALPINA; SAXIFRAGA CESPITOSA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRISETUM;

EID: 70349706079     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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