Relationships between vegetation patterns and periglacial landforms in north-western Svalbard

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: CANNONE, Nicoletta, GERDOL, Renato, GUGLIELMIN M.
• Other Authors: Cannone, Nicoletta, Guglielmin, M., Gerdol, Renato
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: vegetation; patterned ground; svalbard; Arctic; Lesund; Svalbard; Global warming
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/1199240; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-004-0622-4

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...