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Vegetation succession on glacier forelands in the Jostedalsbreen region and Jotunheimen, south-central Norway

Abstract:: In this study four different aspects of primary successions on glacier forelands in South-Central Norway are investigated. First, general vegetation and environment trends, which have been observed by other scientists, were studied on two forelands. It is shown that the two selected forelands (one low- and one high-altitude foreland, Nigardsbreen and Storbreen, respectively) differ in the speed of vegetation cover change and in the overall species richness developed over the last 250 year...
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Grimm, G., & Grimm, G. A. (2000). Vegetation succession on glacier forelands in the Jostedalsbreen region and Jotunheimen, south-central Norway [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

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Grimm, G., and Günter Albin Grimm. Vegetation Succession on Glacier Forelands in the Jostedalsbreen Region and Jotunheimen, South-Central Norway. University of Oxford, 2000.

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Grimm, G, and Günter Albin Grimm. 2000. “Vegetation Succession on Glacier Forelands in the Jostedalsbreen Region and Jotunheimen, South-Central Norway.” PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Department:: Faculty of Anthropology and Geography
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+ J.A. Matthews, R

Role:: Supervisor

Publication date:: 2000
Type of award:: DPhil
Level of award:: Doctoral
Awarding institution:: University of Oxford

Language:: English
Subjects:: Plant succession

Norway

Glacial landforms

Landscape ecology
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Copyright holder:: Grimm, Günter Albin
Copyright date:: 2000
Notes:: This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky

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