Spatiotemporal pattern of primary succession in relation to meso-topographic gradients on recently deglaciated terrains in the patagonian andes

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 555-567

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

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COLONIZATION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; HETEROGENEITY; LICHEN; MORAINE; MOSS; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANDES; PATAGONIA;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84555205670     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.555     Document Type: Article

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