Primary succession and its driving variables – a sphere-spanning approach applied in proglacial areas in the upper Martell Valley (Eastern Italian Alps)
Katharina Ramskogler,Bettina Knoflach,Bernhard Elsner,Brigitta Erschbamer,Florian Haas,Tobias Heckmann,Florentin Hofmeister,Livia Piermattei,Camillo Ressl,Svenja Trautmann,Michael H. Wimmer,Clemens Geitner,Johann Stötter,and Erich Tasser
Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
Livia Piermattei
Remote sensing Group, Research Unit Land Change Science, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Primary succession in proglacial areas depends on complex driving forces. To concretise the complex effects and interaction processes, 39 known explanatory variables assigned to seven spheres were analysed via principal component analysis and generalised additive models. Key results show that in addition to time- and elevation-dependent factors, also disturbances alter vegetation development. The results are useful for debates on vegetation development in a warming climate.
Primary succession in proglacial areas depends on complex driving forces. To concretise the...
