The spatial growth pattern and directional properties of Dryas octopetala on Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Exposed, well-drained and nutrient poor areas on Spitsbergen are mainly covered by a plant alliance typical for Svalbard, the Caricion nardinae. Caricion nardinae is a circum-polar alliance, which is dominated by the creeping, ever-green dwarf-shrub [i]Dryas octopetala[/i]. On the beach flats of wes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudbäck, Sophie
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap 2016
Subjects:
wind direction
Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis
vegetation pattern
Spitsbergen
ArcGIS
Dryas octopetala
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Svalbard
Västra
Online Access:http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8900630

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