TY - JOUR N2 - Vegetation was described in various spatial scales in the area of 37.8 km 2 including distinguishing vegetation units, vegetation mapping, recording phytosociological relevés (53), and completing species lists of vascular plants (86), mosses (124) and lichens (40). Phytosociological relevés were elaborated using ordination methods DCA and CCA. The relevés formed clusters corresponding well to a priori assigned vegetation units. Slope and stoniness significantly influenced the vegetation pattern. Despite the high latitude (nearly 80 ° N), the vegetation is rather rich in species. Non−native species do not expand. The moss Bryum dichotomum is reported for the first time from Svalbard archipelago. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/99534/PDF/v10183-012-0026-z.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/99534 PY - 2012 IS - No 4 EP - 394 DO - 10.2478/v10183−012−0026−z KW - Arctic KW - Svalbard KW - bryophytes KW - lichens KW - ordination analysis KW - vascular plants KW - vegetation mapping A1 - Prach, Karel A1 - Klimešová, Jitka A1 - Košnar, Jiří A1 - Redčenko, Olexii A1 - Hais Martin PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research DA - 2012 T1 - Variability of contemporary vegetation around Petuniabukta, central Spitsbergen SP - 383 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/99534 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -