Can remote sensing be used to map vegetation and monitor community change in Antarctica?

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  Grant N.M.Robinson S.A.Turnbull J.D.
  Category 3: Poster
• Protection against a sub-Antarctic summer - photoprotective and UV-B screening pigments of Heard Island vascular plants. Abstracts from the International Botanical Congress, Vienna, July 2005., 2005 (Ref: 12328)
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  Grant N.M.Turnbull J.D.Ayoub M.Robinson S.A.
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  Two vascular plant species (hair grass Deschampsia antarctica … and herb Acaena magellanica) from sub-Antarctic Heard Island … were sampled on 5 days between December 2003 and February … 2004.

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  Grant N.
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  Over the past 50 years the sub-Antarctic has experienced increases in temperature and radiation. Little scientific attention has been paid to the ecophysiological response of vascular plant species growing on these islands and it is unclear what impact climate change may have on these species.

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  Category 3: Thesis, higher degree

  This study represents the first investigation into the feasibility of using remote sensing to map and monitor the vegetation of sub-Antarctic islands. There have previously been no studies using satellite technology to remotely sense vegetation change in the Antarctic or sub-Antarctic regions…