Soil Development in Relation to Vegetation and Surface Age at Glacier Bay, Alaska.¶
Crocker, R. L., & Major, J. (1955). Soil Development in Relation to Vegetation and Surface Age at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Journal of Ecology, 43(2), 427-448.
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Primes¶
- Ecological Succession
- The temporally ordered stages run: lichens, then mosses, then grasses and herbs, then shrubs, then pioneer trees, then mature forest.
This sourceFoundational chronosequence study showing pioneer vegetation modifying soil chemistry to enable later successional stages after glacial retreat.
- The temporally ordered stages run: lichens, then mosses, then grasses and herbs, then shrubs, then pioneer trees, then mature forest.
Domain-specific¶
- Soil formation
- Crocker and Major's classic 1955 study read soil development straight off this transect — raw mineral till at the youngest sites; then, as pioneer plants (Dryas, then alder, then spruce) colonized and added organic matter, an organic-enriched A horizon accumulated, soil pH fell by several units under the acidifying litter, and nitrogen and organic carbon rose
This sourceThe Glacier Bay chronosequence study, which tracked forest-floor development, soil pH, calcium carbonate, nitrogen and organic carbon against surface age across the deglaciated transect.
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- Crocker and Major's classic 1955 study read soil development straight off this transect — raw mineral till at the youngest sites; then, as pioneer plants (Dryas, then alder, then spruce) colonized and added organic matter, an organic-enriched A horizon accumulated, soil pH fell by several units under the acidifying litter, and nitrogen and organic carbon rose
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