Life form and water source interact to determine active time and environment in cryptogams: an example from the maritime Antarctic

• Published in: Oecologia
• Main Authors: Schlensog, Mark, Green, T.G. Allan, Schroeter, Burkhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Antarctica; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Climate change; Lichens; Monitoring; Mosses; Water regime; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Léonie; Léonie Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7382; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2608-9

Antarctica, with its almost pristine conditions and relatively simple vegetation, offers excellent opportunities to investigate the influence of environmental factors on species performance, such information being crucial if the effects of possible climate change are to be understood. Antarctic vege...