Responses of terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems to climate change

Plant Ecology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Convey, P ^a   Smith, R I L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien species; Antarctic; Bryophyte; Climate change; Colonisation; Microbiota; Phanerogam; Terrestrial ecosystem; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD WEB; GLACIER; ICE FIELD; OZONE DEPLETION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESPONSE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIMESCALE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745198905     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9022-2     Document Type: Review

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