Vegetation development on deglaciated rock outcrops from Glaciar frías, Argentina

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-45

  Garibotti, Irene ^a   Pissolito, Clara ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEDROCK; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEGLACIATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FERN; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LICHEN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOSS; OUTCROP; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; ROCK; SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARGENTINA; FRIAS GLACIER; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; PLACOPSIS PERRUGOSA; RACOMITRIUM LANUGINOSUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79952959828     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.1.35     Document Type: Article

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