The Evolutionary History of the Antarctic Flora

• Main Author: Biersma, Elisabeth Machteld
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Jesus College 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctica; Moss; Bryophyte; Population genetics; biogeography; genetics; evolution; Last Glacial Maximum; Biology; Polar; Arctic; cryptogam; spore; distribution; phylogenetic; phylogenetics; refugia; flora; climate; Kya; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.16667; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/269736

How long has the extant flora been present in the Antarctic? Glaciological reconstructions propose that most areas in Antarctica were covered by thick ice sheets throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ~22-18 kya) as well as previous glaciations, suggesting terrestrial life must have been extremel...