Photobiont selectivity for lichens and evidence for a possible glacial refugium in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 767-774

  Jones, T C ^a   Hogg, I D ^a   Wilkins, R J ^a   Green, T G A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae; Lichens; Mycobiont; Photobiont; Ross Dependency; Selectivity; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; DNA; LICHEN; REFUGIUM; SELECTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BUELLIA FRIGIDA; CYANOBACTERIA; TREBOUXIA; TREBOUXIA JAMESII; UMBILICARIA DECUSSATA; UMBILLICARIA APRINA;

EID: 84877594946     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1295-7     Document Type: Article

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