Functional and spatial pressures on terrestrial vegetation in Antarctica forced by global warming

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1643-1656

  Green, T G Allan ^a,b   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^b   Pintado, Ana ^b   Schroeter, Burkhard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Cyanobacterial; Hepatic; Lichen; Moss; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATA SET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LICHEN; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; MOSS; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 80054000299     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1058-2     Document Type: Article

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