Environmental factors such as seed dispersal agents, aeolian deposition and the cover of biological soil crust possibly affect the establishment of Empetrum and those need to be studied further.
Umhverfisþættir eins og frædreifendur, áfok og þekja lífrænnar jarðvegsskánar hafa væntanlega haft mikil áhrif á landnám krækilyngs í rannsóknarreitnum.