Demographic population structure and fungal associations of plants colonizing High Arctic glacier forelands, Petuniabukta, Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Jakub Těšitel, Tamara Těšitelová, Alexandra Bernardová, Edita Janková Drdová, Magdalena Lučanová, Jitka Klimešová
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Colonizer; deglaciation; endophyte; High Arctic; Olpidium; succession; envir; geo; Arctic; Billefjorden; Petuniabukta; Svalbard; Braya purpurascens; glacier; Polar Research; Saxifraga oppositifolia; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.20797; https://doaj.org/article/2096fd4b728f44d89a9e7fe04d1028f5

The development of vegetation in Arctic glacier forelands has been described as unidirectional, non-replacement succession characterized by the gradual establishment of species typical for mature tundra with no species turnover. Our study focused on two early colonizers of High Arctic glacier forela...