INDEX OF ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE (IES) AS A TOOL TO PHYTOSSOCIOLOGICAL AND CONSERVATION STUDIES FOR MOSS SPECIES IN ADMIRALTY BAY AREA, KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA.

• Main Authors: Victoria, Filipe de Carvalho, Pereira, Antônio Batista
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação 2017
• Subjects: Phytosociology; threatened species; human impacts; Fitossociologia; espécies ameaçadas; ação antrópica; Admiralty Bay; Antarctic; Arctowski; Austral; King George Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/oa/article/view/8059

The Antarctic plant distribution depends on the environmental factors, like geomorphological conditions, as surface's stability, rock type and aeolian erosion. It establishes clear home ranges, leading some mosses species to be highly correlated to local geomorphology. During the austral summer...