Life form and water source interact to determine active time and environment in cryptogams: An example from the maritime Antarctic

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-72

  Schlensog, Mark ^a   Green, T G Allan ^b,d   Schroeter, Burkhard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Lichens; Monitoring; Mosses; Water regime

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDRATION; LICHEN; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; MONITORING; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LICHEN (ORGANISM); METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84882836462     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2608-9     Document Type: Article

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