Lichen species density and abundance over ten years in permanent plots in inland Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Johansson, Per ^a   Thor, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctic Treaty; Environmental monitoring; Lichen diversity; SWEDARP; Terrestrial vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTARCTIC TREATY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LICHEN; MOSS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

BRYOPHYTA; RHIZOPLACA MELANOPHTHALMA; UMBILICARIA DECUSSATA;

EID: 40049111361     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000855     Document Type: Article

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