Project information
BALL, Prof. Marilyn
Australian National University
Casey, Windmill Islands, Australia (or home country)
Project aim
The distribution of plants in Antarctica is chiefly limited by the availability of water and sufficiently high temperatures. This project assesses and simulates variation in these factors as experienced by Antarctic moss species, measures how mosses physiologically respond to temperature and moisture changes, and how they will fare in possible future climate scenarios.
Related publications
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Water redistribution determines photosynthetic responses to warming and drying in two polar mosses. Functional Plant Biology, 2014
(Ref: 15159)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Freeze avoidance: a dehydrating moss gathers no ice. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2010
(Ref: 14289)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature