The Illustrated Moss Flora of Antarctica

by Halina Bednarek-Ochyra, Ryszard Ochyra, Ronald Lewis-Smith

Mosses are a major component of the vegetation in ice-free coastal regions of Antarctica. They play an important role in the colonisation of ice-free terrain, accumulation of organic matter, release of organic exudates, and also provide a food and habitat resource for invertebrates. They serve as model organisms for physiological experiments designed to elucidate problems of plant cold tolerance and survival mechanisms and for monitoring biological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521814022
• ISBN13: 9780521814027
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.7" x 10.9"