Colonization and primary succession on glacier forelands and rock glaciers are analyzed by monitoring individuals (demographical assessment) or species (frequency counts or cover estimations) in permanent plots and by studies of species’ life history traits.
Projects:
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Short and long term feedback between vegetation and morphodynamic processes More details »» |
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Colonization and species replacement in permanent plots at different moraines of the Rotmoosferner glacier foreland (Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria) More details »» |
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| Colonization on the rock glacier Hochebenkar (Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria) More details »» |
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Colonization of artificially created areas along a successional gradient |
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| Strategies of glacier foreland species More details »» |
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| Population development of a pioneer species More details »» |
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