Correspondence

• Main Author: Edita Jankova ́ Drdová
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: deglaciation; endophyte; High Arctic; Olpidium; succession; Arctic; Billefjorden; Petuniabukta; Svalbard; Braya purpurascens; glacier; Saxifraga oppositifolia; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.643.6223; http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/download/20797/pdf_1/

The development of vegetation in Arctic glacier forelands has been described as unidirectional, non-replacement succession characterized by the gradual establishment of species typical for mature tundra with no species turnover. Our study focused on two early colonizers of High Arctic glacier forela...