The Brazilian research contribution to knowledge of the plant communities from Antarctic ice free areas

• Main Authors: PEREIRA,ANTONIO B., PUTZKE,JAIR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2013
• Subjects: Scientific publication; Botany; South Shetlands Island; Antarctica; Antarctic; Deception Island; Elephant Island; King George Island; Nelson Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000300923

This work aims to summarize the results of research carried out by Brazilian researchers on the plant communities of Antarctic ice free areas during the last twenty five years. Since 1988 field work has been carried out in Elephant Island, King George Island, Nelson Island and Deception Island. Duri...