Slowest to fastest: Extreme range in lichen growth rates supports their use as an indicator of climate change in Antarctica

• Published in: Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants
• Main Authors: Sancho, Leopoldo G., Green, T.G. Allan, Pintado, Ana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: lichenometry; biomonitoring; Rhizocarpon; Buellia; Cape Hallett; Dry Valleys; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Hallett; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6367; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2007.05.005

Global temperature rise is suggested to be greater and more rapid in polar regions. There has been a clear temperature rise of 0.056 °C y⁻¹ in the Antarctic Peninsula and this has led to changes in higher plant extent and range. In the more extreme environments of the main continent the vegetation i...