Lava Flows and Moraines as Corridors for Early Plant Colonization of Glacier Forefronts on Tropical Volcanoes

Esteban Suárez; Katie Orndahl; Katie Goodwin

doi:10.1111/btp.12260

Lava Flows and Moraines as Corridors for Early Plant Colonization of Glacier Forefronts on Tropical Volcanoes

Esteban Suárez^*
, Katie Orndahl
, Katie Goodwin

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of North Carolina
U.S. Department of the Interior
Simon Fraser University

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Abstract

Plant colonization in areas recently exposed by retreating glaciers in Tropical Andean volcanoes seems to be facilitated by moraines or lava flows. As a consequence, upward rearrangement of plant communities under climate change scenarios could be strongly influenced by the availability of protected substrates for plant colonization in these mountains.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	645-649
Number of pages	5
Journal	Biotropica
Volume	47
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12260
State	Published - Nov 2015

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Keywords

Glacier retreat
Plant community
Primary succession
Rock outcrops
Safe sites
Senecio nivalis
Tropical glaciers

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