Variability of contemporary vegetation around Petuniabukta, central Spitsbergen

Vegetation was described in various spatial scales in the area of 37.8 km(2) including distinguishing vegetation units, vegetation mapping, recording phytosociological releves (53), and completing species lists of vascular plants (86), mosses (124) and lichens (40). Phytosociological releves were el...

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Published in:Polish Polar Research
Main Authors: Prach, K. (Karel), Klimešová, J. (Jitka), Košnar, J., Redčenko, O., Hais, M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
vegetation
ordination
diversity
Petuniabukta
Svalbard
Svalbard Archipelago
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/v10183-012-0026-z
http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0219167
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Summary:Vegetation was described in various spatial scales in the area of 37.8 km(2) including distinguishing vegetation units, vegetation mapping, recording phytosociological releves (53), and completing species lists of vascular plants (86), mosses (124) and lichens (40). Phytosociological releves were elaborated using ordination methods DCA and CCA. The releves formed clusters corresponding well to a priori assigned vegetation units. Slope and stoniness significantly influenced the vegetation pattern. Despite the high latitude (nearly 80 N), the vegetation is rather rich in species. Non-native species do not expand. The moss Bryum dichotomum is reported for the first time from Svalbard archipelago.

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