The roles of abiotic and biotic factors in highland vegetation change near Blöndulón, NW Iceland, 200-2000 CE

• Main Author: Ölvir Styrmisson 1994-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Landfræði; Gróðurfar; Hálendi Íslands; Reiknilíkön; Blöndulón; Vegetation surveys; Highlands; Mathematical models; Betula nana; Empetrum nigrum; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/35924

Icelandic plant communities are shaped by climate, volcanism and, since human settlement around 870 CE, by land use. Post-settlement vegetation changes in the lowlands have received more attention than in the highlands. Via palynological analyses of two peat profiles, this study examines highland ve...