Occurrence of the Non-Native Annual Bluegrass on the Antarctic Mainland and Its Negative Effects on Native Plants

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 717-723

  Molina Montenegro, Marco A ^a   Carrasco Urra, Fernando ^b   Rodrigo, Cristian ^c   Convey, Peter ^d   Valladares, Fernando ^e,f   Gianoli, Ernesto ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Colobanthus quitensis; Deschampsia antarctica; Hairgrass; Non native species; Pearlwort; Poa annua; Species competition; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOURISM; FLOWERING; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; POA; POACEAE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POA; POACEAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTARCTICA;

COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POA; POA ANNUA; SAGINA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84864020764     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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