Some like it wet — biological characteristics underpinning tolerance of extreme water stress events in Antarctic bryophytes

Wasley, Jane; A. Robinson, Sharon; E. Lovelock, Catherine; Popp, Marianne

doi:10.1071/fp05306

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Some like it wet — biological characteristics underpinning tolerance of extreme water stress events in Antarctic bryophytes

Published in Functional Plant Biology • May 1, 2006

Authors:

Jane Wasley

Sharon A. Robinson

Catherine E. Lovelock

Abstract

Antarctic bryophyte communities presently tolerate physiological extremes in water availability, surviving both desiccation and submergence events. We investigated the relative ability of three Antarctic moss species to tolerate physiological extremes in water availability and identified physiologic...

Subject

Bryophyte

Biology

Desiccation

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