A network for long-term monitoring of vegetation in the area of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island

• Main Authors: Yifeng, Yao, Xia, Wang, Jinfeng, Li, Jian, Yang, Shunan, Cao, Fang, Peng, Ljuba, Kurbatova, Hans-Ulrich, Peter, Christina, Braun, Chengsen, Li
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2017
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Antarctic; King George Island; West Antarctica; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2621/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2621/1/A170904000003.pdf

Climate warming has become evident in the maritime Antarctic over the past decades, and has already influenced the growing season and the population size of two native vascular plants in Antarctica, Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis. Both vascular plant species are therefore regarded...