Succession of vascular plants in front of retreating glaciers in central Spitsbergen

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-328

  Prach, Karel ^a,b   Rachlewicz, Grzegorz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate warming; Glacier forelands; Svalbard; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

GLACIER RETREAT; MORAINE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SUCCESSION; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84878071558     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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