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Plant Communities at Dronning Maud Land

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Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 154))

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Studies on vegetation in Dronning Maud Land have been performed for many years and most detailed results have been mainly published by Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE; e.g. Matsuda 1963,1968; Akiyama 1967; Nakanishi 1977; Kanda 1981,1986a,b; Newton et al. 1994). This chapter provides a new overview on vegetation research with aspects on their environmental constraints and focuses on moss, lichen and algal communities with different regional aspects in a wider area and their effects on vegetation development.

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Kanda, H., Ohtani, S., Imura, S. (2002). Plant Communities at Dronning Maud Land. In: Beyer, L., Bölter, M. (eds) Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes. Ecological Studies, vol 154. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56318-8_14

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