Performance and bio complexity of the criptogamic cover in arid and polar regions

• Main Author: Beltrán Sanz, Nuria
• Other Authors: García Sancho, Leopoldo, Prado Millán, Ruth del
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2022
• Subjects: Botánica; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/77998/; https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/77998/1/T43723.pdf

The present thesis titled ‘Performance and bio-complexity of the criptogamic cover in arid and polar regions’ aims to understand how lichens and bryophytes modulate their physiological response pattern in order to maximize the fitness in the Tabernas Desert (south of Spain), and Livingston Island (m...