Diaspores and phyto-remains accidentally transported to the Antarctic Station during three expeditions

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3411-3421

  Lityńska Zając, Maria ^a   Chwedorzewska, Katarzyna ^b   Olech, Maria ^b,c   Korczak Abshire, Małgorzata ^b   Augustyniuk Kram, Anna ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alien species; Antarctica; Human impact

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING POPULATION; DIASPORA; DICOTYLEDON; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

ASTERACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POA; POA ANNUA; POACEAE;

EID: 84868562778     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0371-6     Document Type: Article

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