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npj Biodiversity - Impacts of non-native invertebrates and plants on polar soil systems

Primary producers shape terrestrial biodiversity, but most research has focused on vascular plants, while the role of cryptogams (mosses, lichens and algae) remains under-explored. Cryptogams dominat....

ABSTRACT Bryophytes play an important role as habitats for many organisms, especially...

Extremes in Antarctica – the ever more pressing headline?

A single marker revealed a considerable diversity of organisms associate with Dryas octopetala. The rhizosphere contains more taxa than the phyllosphere. Some taxa are cited for the first time i...

Snow algae form extensive blooms within Antarctica’s coastal snowpacks and are a crucial contributor to its scarce terrestrial ecosystems. There is limited k...

📰❄️ "Dr. Peter Convey: Explorador de Ecosistemas Polares y su estrecha relación con Chile" 👉Ecólogo terrestre con casi 40 años de experiencia en el British Antarctic Survey, también investigador de nu...

Climate change affects Earth's polar regions. In the Arctic, increased plant growth is well documented, but it is less clear if Antarctica is experiencing similar “greening”. Recent studies suggest s...

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We inferred the spatio–temporal colonization histories of seven vascular plant lineages (Acaena magellanica, Austroblechnum penna-marina, Azorella selago, Colobanthus kerguelensis, Notogrammitis cras....