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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1649-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1649-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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27 Apr 2023
Research article |
| 27 Apr 2023
| 27 Apr 2023
Local environmental context drives heterogeneity of early succession dynamics in alpine glacier forefields
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, 38000 Grenoble, France
Bradley Z. Carlson
Centre de Recherches sur les Écosystèmes d'Altitude (CREA), Observatoire du Mont-Blanc, 74400 Chamonix, France
Anaïs Zimmer
Department of Geography and the Environment, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Sophie Vallée
Conservatoire Botanique National Alpin (CBNA), 73000 Chambéry, France
Antoine Rabatel
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble-INP, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
Edoardo Cremonese
Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley, Climate Change Unit, Loc. La Maladière, 48, 11020 Saint Christophe (AO), Italy
Gianluca Filippa
Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley, Climate Change Unit, Loc. La Maladière, 48, 11020 Saint Christophe (AO), Italy
Cédric Dentant
Parc National des Ecrins, Domaine de Charance, Gap, France
Christophe Randin
Dept. of Ecology & Evolution/Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research (CIRM), Univ. Lausanne, Biophore, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Andrea Mainetti
Biodiversity Service and Scientific Research, Gran Paradiso National Park, fraz. Valnontey 44, 11012, Cogne, Aosta, Italy
Erwan Roussel
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Simon Gascoin
CESBIO, Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/INRAE/UPS, 31000 Toulouse, France
Dov Corenblit
Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, GEOLAB, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Philippe Choler
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, 38000 Grenoble, France
Data sets
Vegetation table in 8 glacier forefields Arthur Bayle, Bradley Z. Carlson, Anaïs Zimmer, Sophie Vallée, Antoine Rabatel, Edoardo Cremonese, Gianluca Filippa, Cédric Dentant, Christophe Randin, Andrea Mainetti, Erwan Roussel, Simon Gascoin, Dov Corenblit, and Philippe Choler https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7698379
Short summary
Glacier forefields have long provided ecologists with a model to study patterns of plant succession following glacier retreat. We used remote sensing approaches to study early succession dynamics as it allows to analyze the deglaciation, colonization, and vegetation growth within a single framework. We found that the heterogeneity of early succession dynamics is deterministic and can be explained well by local environmental context. This work has been done by an international consortium.
Glacier forefields have long provided ecologists with a model to study patterns of plant...
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