The effect of environmental change on vascular plant and cryptogam communities from the Falkland Islands and the Maritime Antarctic

• Published in: BMC Ecology
• Main Authors: Bokhorst, Stef, Huiskes, Ad, Convey, Peter, Aerts, Rein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2007
• Subjects: Botany; Meteorology and Climatology; Ecology and Environment; Anchorage; Anchorage Island; Antarctic; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11693/; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/7/15

Background: Antarctic terrestrial vegetation is subject to one of the most extreme climates on Earth. Currently, parts of Antarctica are one of the fastest warming regions on the planet. During 3 growing seasons, we investigated the effect of experimental warming on the diversity and abundance of co...