Vegetation succession in deglaciated landscapes: Implications for sediment and landscape stability

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1088-1100

  Klaar, Megan J ^a   Kidd, Chris ^b   Malone, Edward ^a   Bartlett, Rebecca ^a   Pinay, Gilles ^c   Chapin, F Stuart ^d   Milner, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biogeomorphology; Glacier Bay; Paraglacial adjustment; Physical biological interactions; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CATCHMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTS; SPACE OPTICS;

ALASKA; BIOGEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER BAY; PARAGLACIAL; PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; PRIMARY SUCCESSION;

VEGETATION;

DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; PICEA;

EID: 84931065437     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3691     Document Type: Article

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