Melting glaciers give a unique possibility to study how life colonizes newly exposed ground.
Research during the last two decades has shown that arthropods play a key role in …

Virgin grounds left free by melting glaciers offer unique possibilities to study colonization
processes and succession patterns by biological communities. Here, we summarize recent …

Simple Summary Due to climate change, glaciers are retreating. On newly deglaciated
ground, ecosystems gradually evolve through the process of primary succession. This gives …

Here, we explore 200 years of arthropod succession by using dated moraines in a
Norwegian glacier foreland. Surface active beetles (Coleoptera) and spiders (Aranea) were …

An easily observed effect of global warming is the gradual melting of glaciers in different
parts of the world. Large areas of barren, pristine ground are left open for colonisation of …

Biogeographic studies often underline the role of glacial dynamism during Pleistocene
(1.806–0.011 Mya) in shaping the distribution of subterranean species. Accordingly, it is …

Glaciers are retreating globally, and the resulting ice-free areas provide an experimental
system for understanding species colonization patterns, community formation, and …

Bryophytes from seven different genera colonized 3-to 6-year-old ground near a receding
glacier in central South Norway. Microscopic studies of the gut content in pioneer …

Active rock glaciers are periglacial landforms consisting of coarse debris with interstitial ice
or ice‐core. Recent studies showed that such landforms are able to support plant and …

Since there is little known about invertebrates in glacier foreland succession, the aim of this
study was (1) to characterize succession patterns of the epigean fauna,(2) to analyze how …