Zonation of vegetation related to penguin rookeries on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-151

  Smykla, Jerzy ^a   Wołek, Jerzy ^b   Barcikowski, Adam ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^b PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COMPLEXITY; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GUANO; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRAMPLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESCHAMPSIA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33947694664     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2007)39[143:ZOVRTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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