Impacts of Geomorphic Disturbances on Plant Colonization in Ebba Valley, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard

• Published in: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Main Author: Stawska Monika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2017
• Subjects: plant colonization; glacier foreland; climate change; spitsbergen; geo; hist; Ebba; Svalbard; glacier; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2017-0004; https://doaj.org/article/4797168633e54e828ce15ca62f6d2514

Global warming observed nowadays causes an increase in geomorphic activity in polar regions. Within the areas influenced by cold climatic conditions, relief dynamics and vegetation development are the main landscape shaping processes. The study is limited to the Ebba Valley (78°43’N; 16°37’E) in cen...