Successes and failures following long-distance dispersal: Dynamics of mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa) on a glacial outwash plain

• Main Author: Óskarsdóttir, Guðrún
• Other Authors: Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir; Kristín Svavarsdóttir, Líf- og umhverfisvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences 2024
• Subjects: Doktorsritgerðir; Líffræði (námsgrein); Birki; Skeiðarársandur; Skógrækt; Svæði; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4948

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