Antarctic ecosystems in transition–life between stresses and opportunities

J Gutt, E Isla, JC Xavier, BJ Adams, IY Ahn… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Important findings from the second decade of the 21st century on the impact of
environmental change on biological processes in the Antarctic were synthesised by 26 …

Antarctica's vegetation in a changing climate

C Colesie, CV Walshaw, LG Sancho… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica plays a central role in regulating global climatic and oceanographic patterns and
is an integral part of global climate change discussions. The functioning of Antarctica's …

Islands in the ice: Potential impacts of habitat transformation on Antarctic biodiversity

JR Lee, MJ Waterman, JD Shaw… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctic biodiversity faces an unknown future with a changing climate. Most terrestrial biota
is restricted to limited patches of ice‐free land in a sea of ice, where they are adapted to the …

[HTML][HTML] Differential colonization and succession of microbial communities in rock and soil substrates on a maritime antarctic glacier forefield

I Garrido-Benavent, S Pérez-Ortega, J Durán… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glacier forefields provide a unique chronosequence to assess microbial or plant
colonization and ecological succession on previously uncolonized substrates. Patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica

N Cannone, F Malfasi, SE Favero-Longo, P Convey… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
The strong air temperature warming between the 1950s and 2016 in the Antarctic Peninsula
region 1 exceeded the global average warming 2, 3 with evident impacts on terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] Developing resilience to climate change impacts in Antarctica: An evaluation of Antarctic Treaty System protected area policy

KA Hughes, P Convey, J Turner - Environmental Science & Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Antarctica is increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with the continent predicted
to warm by∼ 4° C by 2100 under a 'business as usual'greenhouse gas emission scenario …

[图书][B] Comparative plant succession among terrestrial biomes of the world

K Prach, LR Walker - 2020 - books.google.com
Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not
fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant …

Active layer and permafrost thermal regimes in the ice-free areas of Antarctica

F Hrbáček, M Oliva, C Hansen, M Balks, TA O'Neill… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ice-free areas occupy< 0.5% of Antarctica and are unevenly distributed across the
continent. Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics in ice free areas are strongly influenced by …

Vascular plant changes in extreme environments: effects of multiple drivers

N Cannone, M Guglielmin, P Convey, MR Worland… - Climatic change, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Antarctic Peninsula is one of three regions of the planet that have experienced
the highest rates of climate warming over recent decades. Based on a comprehensive large …

[HTML][HTML] Basking in the sun: how mosses photosynthesise and survive in Antarctica

H Yin, AV Perera-Castro, KL Randall… - Photosynthesis …, 2023 - Springer
The Antarctic environment is extremely cold, windy and dry. Ozone depletion has resulted in
increasing ultraviolet-B radiation, and increasing greenhouse gases and decreasing …