Biogeomorphic aspects of lichen colonisation in part of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Ayres, Gabrielle Alexzena
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Rhodes University 2017
• Subjects: Lichen communities > Queen Maud Land; Lichens > Ecology > Queen Maud Land; Polar regions; Ecology > Polar regions; Antarctica; Ecology > Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Queen Maud Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/19713; http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:22477

Ice-free regions in Antarctica provide natural laboratories for investigating and modelling change in landscapes and ecosystems. The terrestrial ecosystems in western Dronning Maud Land are potentially critical to improve current understanding of polar ecosystems, however, they remain poorly represe...