Return of the megaherbs: plant colonisation of derelict ANARE station buildings on sub-Antarctic Heard Island
Buildings were constructed and artefacts left behind on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, associated with Antarctic research expeditions since 1926. Both bryophytes and vascular plants are colonising many parts of the now derelict buildings. On these structures and artefacts, the authors recorded four spe...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247404003614 2024-03-03T08:37:30+00:00 Return of the megaherbs: plant colonisation of derelict ANARE station buildings on sub-Antarctic Heard Island Whinam, J. Selkirk, P.M. Downing, A.J. Hull, Bruce 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404003614 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247404003614 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 40, issue 3, page 235-243 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2004 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404003614 2024-02-08T08:41:01Z Buildings were constructed and artefacts left behind on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, associated with Antarctic research expeditions since 1926. Both bryophytes and vascular plants are colonising many parts of the now derelict buildings. On these structures and artefacts, the authors recorded four species of vascular plants out of the 11 that occur on Heard Island and nine species of mosses out of the 37 recorded from Heard Island. The vascular plant species most frequently recorded colonising structures and artefacts was Pringlea antiscorbutica (288 occurrences), with the area colonised varying from 0.3 cm 2 to 430.0 cm 2 . Muelleriella crassifolia was the moss species that was most frequently recorded (14 occurrences), colonising areas from 2.1 cm 2 to 12.9 cm 2 . The highest number of bryophyte species (seven) was recorded on the stone and cement of the ‘water tank.’ Pringlea antiscorbutica , Poa cookii , Azorella selago , Muelleriella crassifolia , Bryum dichotomum , Dicranoweisia brevipes and Schistidium apocarpum are all expected to continue to colonise the ANARE ruins, as well as areas that have become available since building removal and also possibly areas bared by further deglaciation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Heard Island Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic Heard Island Polar Record 40 3 235 243 |
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Buildings were constructed and artefacts left behind on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, associated with Antarctic research expeditions since 1926. Both bryophytes and vascular plants are colonising many parts of the now derelict buildings. On these structures and artefacts, the authors recorded four species of vascular plants out of the 11 that occur on Heard Island and nine species of mosses out of the 37 recorded from Heard Island. The vascular plant species most frequently recorded colonising structures and artefacts was Pringlea antiscorbutica (288 occurrences), with the area colonised varying from 0.3 cm 2 to 430.0 cm 2 . Muelleriella crassifolia was the moss species that was most frequently recorded (14 occurrences), colonising areas from 2.1 cm 2 to 12.9 cm 2 . The highest number of bryophyte species (seven) was recorded on the stone and cement of the ‘water tank.’ Pringlea antiscorbutica , Poa cookii , Azorella selago , Muelleriella crassifolia , Bryum dichotomum , Dicranoweisia brevipes and Schistidium apocarpum are all expected to continue to colonise the ANARE ruins, as well as areas that have become available since building removal and also possibly areas bared by further deglaciation. |
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Return of the megaherbs: plant colonisation of derelict ANARE station buildings on sub-Antarctic Heard Island |
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