Use of Deschampsia antarctica for nest building by the kelp gull in the Argentine Islands area (maritime Antarctica) and its possible role in plant dispersal

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1753-1758

  Parnikoza, I ^a   Dykyy, I ^b   Ivanets, V ^c   Kozeretska, I ^d   Kunakh, V ^a   Rozhok, A ^d   Ochyra, R ^e   Convey, P ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

^b IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^d TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^e POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deschampsia antarctica; Grass; Maritime Antarctic; Moss; Nesting material; Plant colonisation

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; GRASS; LIBERALIZATION; LICHEN; MOSS; NEST; SEABIRD; SHELL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; LARUS DOMINICANUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84867670526     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1212-5     Document Type: Article

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