IMPACTS OF GEOMORPHIC DISTURBANCES ON PLANT COLONIZATION IN EBBA VALLEY, CENTRAL SPITSBERGEN, SVALBARD

Global warming observed nowadays causes an increase in geomorphic activity in polar regions. Within the areas influenced by cold climatic conditions, relief dynamics and vegetation development are the main landscape shaping processes. The study is limited to the Ebba Valley (78°43’N; 16°37’E) in cen...

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Published in:Quaestiones Geographicae
Main Author: Stawska, Monika
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan 2017
Subjects:
plant colonization
glacier foreland
climate change
Spitsbergen
Ebba
Svalbard
glacier
Online Access:http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/8028

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