Macroclimatic conditions as main drivers for symbiotic association patterns in lecideoid lichens along the Transantarctic Mountains, Ross Sea region, Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Wagner, Monika, Brunauer, Georg, Bathke, Arne C., Cary, S. Craig, Fuchs, Roman, Sancho, Leopoldo G., Türk, Roman, Ruprecht, Ulrike
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Durham Point; Garden Spur; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ross Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648759/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02940-6

Lecideoid lichens as dominant vegetation-forming organisms in the climatically harsh areas of the southern part of continental Antarctica show clear preferences in relation to environmental conditions (i.e. macroclimate). 306 lichen samples were included in the study, collected along the Ross Sea co...