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Approximately since 1850 the glaciers are retreating their snouts towards higher elevations. This process was interrupted only by slight advances about 1890 and 1920. The areas now being ice-free offer excellent opportunities for studying plant settlement under the conditions of the alpine belt. To a certain extent the state of vegetation in this region is relevant to the origin of mud-streams and avalanches. — Up to the present the investigations of 19 forefields within the European Alps are completed.
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Jochimsen, M. (1976). The Development of Pioneer — Communities on Raw Soil above Alpine Timberline (Abridged Version). In: Müller, P. (eds) Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie Wien 1975. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7168-5_9
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