Diversity, distribution and dispersal of Antarctic terrestrial algae

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1307-1335

  Broady, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

algae; Antarctica; cyanobacteria; dis persal; distribution; endemism; taxonomy; terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DISPERSAL; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; AVES; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030301479     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051981     Document Type: Article

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