Return of the megaherbs: plant colonisation of derelict ANARE station buildings on sub-Antarctic Heard Island

• Other Authors: WHINAM, JENNIFER (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WHINAM, JENNIFER (processor), SELKIRK, PATRICIA (processor), DOWNING, A J (processor), HULL, BRUCE (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; environment; BIOMASS; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOSPHERE; VEGETATION; HERBIVORY; INDIGENOUS VEGETATION; RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION SPECIES; BUILDINGS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; INFRASTRUCTURE; ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS); BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; PLANTS; MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS; Heard Island; megaherbs; building; species; stem length; growth rate; date built; ANARE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/return-megaherbs-plant-heard-island/699558; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/5536FF87A89B1; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_1187_megaherbs; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

From the abstract of the referenced paper: 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 a...