Widespread Biological Response to Rapid Warming on the Antarctic Peninsula

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1616-1622.e2

  Amesbury, Matthew J ^a   Roland, Thomas P ^a   Royles, Jessica ^b,c   Hodgson, Dominic A ^c,d   Convey, Peter ^c   Griffiths, Howard ^b   Charman, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; moss bank; productivity; recent change; sensitivity; stable isotopes; testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTARCTICA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AMOEBA; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BRYOPHYTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 85019349379     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.034     Document Type: Article

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