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Table 1 Summary of data collected for this study

From: Spatial and temporal dynamics of growth of woody plant species (birch and willows) on the foreland of a retreating glacier in southern Iceland

Species

Station

T1 (1960)

T2 (1954)

T3 (1938)

T4 (1904)

T5 (1890)

  

Distance

Count

Mean size

Distance

Count

Mean size

Distance

Count

Mean size

Distance

Count

Mean size

Distance

Count

Mean size

B. pubescens

s1

23

6

86.7

194

101

66.2

25

96

66.9

29

263

39.2

133

184

51.1

s2

144

23

76.3

282

117

54.6

182

186

42.8

98

211

38.6

267

164

47.3

s3

232

72

58.8

373

87

57.4

306

212

49.7

239

158

42.0

383

114

43.9

s4

327

19

54.2

455

49

0.0

409

44

59.8

342

174

46.7

466

120

59.5

s5

465

11

35.5

555

63

69.8

513

80

58.0

417

138

53.6

574

201

46.1

s6

568

17

84.4

640

26

60.0

652

19

50.0

513

142

50.0

715

144

68.1

s7

637

9

106.7

821

133

67.9

771

216

46.9

635

215

48.8

796

124

48.6

s8

893

10

73.0

913

78

62.1

871

51

59.8

740

146

52.4

863

127

49.3

S. lanata

s1

23

18

29.4

194

65

26.3

25

100

24.5

29

11

23.2

133

11

26.5

s2

144

24

25.0

282

39

25.6

182

31

22.1

98

22

23.4

267

3

20.0

s3

232

59

27.8

373

30

24.2

306

50

24.4

239

11

22.7

383

2

27.5

s4

327

17

23.8

455

49

24.5

409

14

25.0

342

8

33.1

466

4

26.3

s5

465

38

22.8

555

56

24.0

513

20

26.0

417

11

20.9

574

2

20.0

s6

568

9

27.2

640

18

21.1

652

16

22.2

513

2

25.0

715

1

20.0

s7

637

0

0.0

821

41

22.6

771

9

21.1

635

36

24.2

796

5

24.0

s8

893

36

25.3

913

14

22.5

871

14

25.0

740

28

23.6

863

0

0.0

S. phylicifolia

s1

23

14

44.3

194

16

28.0

25

40

37.1

29

16

25.0

133

37

31.8

s2

144

9

26.7

282

0

0.0

182

7

20.7

98

14

28.9

267

4

40.0

s3

232

37

31.1

373

28

23.9

306

11

46.8

239

5

28.8

383

0

0.0

s4

327

1

20.0

455

17

52.4

409

5

42.0

342

26

35.8

466

15

23.0

s5

465

8

31.3

555

4

23.8

513

0

0.0

417

0

0.0

574

8

26.3

s6

568

11

25.9

640

44

20.0

652

63

27.8

513

4

46.3

715

6

24.2

s7

637

21

27.6

821

8

28.1

771

14

28.9

635

27

29.1

796

0

0.0

s8

893

18

29.7

913

2

25.0

871

10

25.0

740

25

31.8

863

0

0.0

  1. Distance = meters from Skaftafellsheiði ridge measured to northeast corner of station; mean size is stem length in centimeters