Geomorphic and ambient environmental impacts on lichen distribution on two inland Nunataks in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Main Author: Dwight, Rosemary Anne
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Rhodes University 2015
• Subjects: Lichens > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Lichen communities > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Lichens > Climatic factors > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Lichens > Effect of environment on > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Biotic communities > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Biotic communities > Climatic factors > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Biodiversity > Climatic factors > Antarctica > Queen Maud Land; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Queen Maud Land; Buttress; Robertskollen; Vesleskarvet; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:4889; http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018189

Feedbacks between abiotic variables and community structure in Antarctica are poorly understood. Research is, therefore, required to elucidate the patterns of biodiversity that exist and the factors that influence them, particularly under changing climates. Landscape processes affect environmental h...