Quantified vegetation change over 42 years at Cape Hallett, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 561-572

  Brabyn, L ^a   Beard, C ^a   Seppelt, R D ^b   Rudolph, E D ^d   Turk R ^c   Green, T G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; GIS; GPS; Growth; Latitudinal Gradient Project; Lichen; Moss; Victoria Land

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; LICHEN; MOSS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE HALLETT; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33751027909     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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