Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard
We studied the small-scale vegetation pattern in the high Arctic at Ny A ˚ lesund to assess if the plant distribution was related to periglacial landforms. The whole area has been deglaciated for millennia but only a modest part of the area was covered by mature vegetation. The plant cover varied co...
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ftunivferrarair:oai:iris.unife.it:11392/1199240 2024-02-11T10:00:49+01:00 Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard CANNONE, Nicoletta GERDOL, Renato GUGLIELMIN M. Cannone, Nicoletta Guglielmin, M. Gerdol, Renato 2004 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11392/1199240 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-004-0622-4 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000223264400006 volume:27 firstpage:562 lastpage:571 journal:POLAR BIOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11392/1199240 doi:10.1007/s00300-004-0622-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-4544338945 vegetation patterned ground svalbard info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2004 ftunivferrarair https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-004-0622-4 2024-01-24T17:34:19Z We studied the small-scale vegetation pattern in the high Arctic at Ny A ˚ lesund to assess if the plant distribution was related to periglacial landforms. The whole area has been deglaciated for millennia but only a modest part of the area was covered by mature vegetation. The plant cover varied considerably in relation to ground patterning originated by periglacial processes, especially frost heave, frost creep, gelifluction and ice segregation, giving rise to a mosaic of microhabitats sharply differing from each other as regards physical properties and microclimate. The distributional patterns of vascular plants, lichens and bryophytes were primarily affected by complex responses to substrate texture, soil moisture content and substrate disturbance. Since global warming will probably affect both periglacial processes and plant responses to altered habitat conditions, we concluded that long-term monitoring of relationships between landforms and vegetation represents a suitable tool for assessing the impact of global change on arctic regions Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Svalbard Università degli Studi di Ferrara: CINECA IRIS Arctic Lesund ENVELOPE(8.470,8.470,63.331,63.331) Svalbard Polar Biology 27 9 |
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We studied the small-scale vegetation pattern in the high Arctic at Ny A ˚ lesund to assess if the plant distribution was related to periglacial landforms. The whole area has been deglaciated for millennia but only a modest part of the area was covered by mature vegetation. The plant cover varied considerably in relation to ground patterning originated by periglacial processes, especially frost heave, frost creep, gelifluction and ice segregation, giving rise to a mosaic of microhabitats sharply differing from each other as regards physical properties and microclimate. The distributional patterns of vascular plants, lichens and bryophytes were primarily affected by complex responses to substrate texture, soil moisture content and substrate disturbance. Since global warming will probably affect both periglacial processes and plant responses to altered habitat conditions, we concluded that long-term monitoring of relationships between landforms and vegetation represents a suitable tool for assessing the impact of global change on arctic regions |
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Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard |
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Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard |
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Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard |
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Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard |
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Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard |
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relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western svalbard |
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