Colonization of the polar willow Salix polaris on the early stage of succession after glacier retreat in the High Arctic, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-390

  Nakatsubo, Takayuki ^a   Fujiyoshi, Masaaki ^b   Yoshitake, Shinpei ^c   Koizumi, Hiroshi ^c   Uchida, Masaki ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glacier retreat; High Arctic; Population structure; Salix polaris; Succession; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COLONIZATION; DOMINANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; GLACIER RETREAT; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

SALIX; SALIX POLARIS; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA;

EID: 78649615768     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2010.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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