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Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-25-157-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/we-25-157-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
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15 Sep 2025
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Introducing a glacier forefield monitoring site network to understand succession in the Northern Limestone Alps

Ingolf Kühn, Christian Hecht, Ulrike Herzschuh, and Dirk Scherler

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Since 1850, glaciers have retreated in the Alps, providing ground for vegetation succession. Such systems were studied intensively in other parts of the Alps, but excluding the Northern Limestone Alps. Hence, we initiated a long-term research programme, which we introduce here. Initial findings show an increase in plant species richness and cover with age since deglaciation. This is, however, by far slower than observed elsewhere in the Alps, likely due to the specific geology and geomorphology.
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