63 - Eternal snow and ice

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

High mountain zones and high latitude land masses occupied by glaciers or by perennial snow. They may be inhabited by algae and invertebrates.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Hattersley-Smith, 1974; Østrem, 1974; Whittow, 1984; Ellenberg, 1988; Clark, 1990; Summerfield, 1991: 261-290; Einarsson, 1994: 155-162; Gudmundsson and Kjartansson, 1996: 35-46.