Pioneer zone geo-ecological change: Observations from a chronosequence on the Storbreen glacier foreland, Jotunheimen, southern Norway
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- 作者：John A. Matthewsa ; J.A.Matthews@Swansea.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Amber E. Vaterb ; amber_vater@hotmail.co.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Pioneer zone ; Glacier foreland ; Geo-ecological succession ; Cryptogamic crust ; Stone pavement ; Biotic and abiotic processes
- 刊名：Catena
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：135
- 期：Complete
- 页码：219-230
- 全文大小：1139 K
文摘
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Contributions are made to chronosequence methodology and geo-ecological succession.
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The focus is on the pioneer stage, which has been oversimplified in previous studies.
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The study emphasises interactions between plants, insects and abiotic habitat factors.
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Drainage, pervection and frost sorting are inferred to be important drivers of change.
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Plant and insect colonizers exhibit a high degree of independence of each other.