Colonization and demographic structure of Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis along an altitudinal gradient on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: María Luisa Vera
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic vascular plants; altitude and habitat effect; colonization; population structure; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Antarctic; Austral; Base Juan Carlos I; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7146; https://doaj.org/article/83c6c6ac07014db488fae01b59a45a24

The colonization capacity and demographic structure of populations of Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis were studied in different microhabitats between 10 and 147 m a.s.l. on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, near the Spanish Antarctic base Juan Carlos I, in February 2002. At...