Life sciences - Terrestrial ecosystems in the Antarctic

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; South Shetland Islands; McMurdo Sound; Signy Island; Palmer Archipelago; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0068; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1977.0068

The composition of the terrestrial Antarctic flora and fauna and the distribution patterns of a number of species and of the principal vegetation types is now reasonably well established, at least in outline, for the Antarctic Peninsula region and the areas about McMurdo Sound as well as for some ar...