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

Proglacial systems are amongst the most rapidly changing landscapes on Earth, as glacier
mass loss, permafrost degradation and more episodes of intense rainfall progress with …

Since the 1970s there has been a considerable expansion in biogeomorphological research
which considers the complex, two-way relationships between biological, ecological and …

Since the last glacial maximum, soil formation related to ice‐cover shrinkage has been one
major sink of carbon accumulating as soil organic matter (SOM), a phenomenon accelerated …

This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground
called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold climates as well as a variety of …

High mountains are climate change hotspots. Quickly rising temperatures trigger vegetation
shifts such as upslope migration, possibly threatening mountain biodiversity. At the same …

Glacier forelands are among the most rapidly changing landscapes on Earth. Stable ground
is rare as geomorphic processes move sediments across large areas of glacier forelands for …

The complex web of interactions between ecological communities and the physical
landscape (biogeomorphology) is being affected by the global scale environmental changes …

Glacier forefields have long provided ecologists with a model to study patterns of plant
succession following glacier retreat. While plant-survey-based approaches applied along …

Ecology and geomorphology recognize the dynamic aspects of resistance and resilience.
However, formal resilience theory in ecology has tended to deemphasize the geomorphic …