Ecophysiological traits of Antarctic vascular plants: their importance in the responses to climate change

Plant Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 343-358

  Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b   Sáez, Patricia ^a   Sanhueza, Carolina ^a,b   Sierra Almeida, Angela ^a,b   Rabert, Claudia ^c   Corcuera, Luis J ^a   Alberdi, Miren ^c   Bravo, León A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctic plants; Antarctica; Climate change; Ecophysiological traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ENDOPHYTE; GRASS; HERB; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTORECEPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; SAGINA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84960445432     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0585-x     Document Type: Review

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