The dynamics and distribution of some plant species on the Keen of Hamar, Shetland

• Main Author: Kay, Susanna
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 1997
• Subjects: Shetland; Scotland Keen of Hamar; Keen of Hamar (Shetland; Scotland); Plant ecology Scotland Shetland (Keen of Hamar); Botany Scotland Shetland (Keen of Hamar); Hamar; Cerastium arcticum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21438; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/21438/1/Kay-thesis.pdf

Autecological and demographic studies on Cerastium nigrescens and Arenaria norvegica subsp. norvegica on the Keen of Hamar and Nikkavord, two ultramafic outcrops on Unst, are reported. The fluctuations in numbers of the two species on the Keen showed differences within the site but in general were r...