Manipulation experiments for the assessment and monitoring of climate change impacts on vegetation of in alpine and polar ecosystems

• Main Author: Francesco Malfasi
• Other Authors: Francesco, Malfasi, CANNONE, NICOLETTA
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli Studi dell'Insubria 2018
• Subjects: Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Signy Island; Rothera; Rothera Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11383/2132604

This thesis focused on the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems of alpine (Central Italian Alps) and Polar (Maritime Antarctica) tundra habitats, two of the three areas of the world where had been recorded the greatest air temperature warming since 1950. The alpine site is located at...