Numer and type of seeds introduced by footwear of travelers to Svalbard and germination success in 2008

• Main Authors: Ware, Chris, Bergstrom, Dana Michelle, Müller, Eike, Alsos, Inger Greve
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; MULT; Multiple investigations; Svalbard; Arctic; Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.840829; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.840829

Expanding visitation to Polar regions combined with climate warming increases the potential for alien species introduction and establishment. We quantified vascular plant propagule pressure associated with different groups of travelers to the high-Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and evaluated the po...