From barren substrate to mature tundra – lichen colonization in the forelands of Svalbard glaciers

• Published in: Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
• Main Authors: Wietrzyk-Pełka, Paulina, Otte, Volker, Węgrzyn, Michał Hubert, Olech, Maria
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: primary succession; Spitsbergen; Kongsfjord; Arctic; Isfjord; cryptogamic species; Ferdinandbreen; Rieperbreen; Svalbard; Svenbreen; Isfjord*; Kongsfjord*; Tundra
• Online Access: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6416973; https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3599

This paper contributes to studies on the lichen biota of Arctic regions. The research was carried out in the forelands of eight glaciers and in the mature tundra surrounding them. Study areas were located in two parts of Svalbard: in the Kongsfjord (forelands of Austre Brøggerbreen, Vestre Brøggerbr...