Environmental stress is an inescapable reality for most plants growing in natural settings.
Conditions of sub-or supraoptimal temperatures, water deficit, water logging, salinity, and …

Antarctic flowering plants have become enigmatic because of their unique capability to
colonize Antarctica. It has been shown that there is not a single trait that makes Colobanthus …

This work describes the distribution and diversity of fungal endophytes associated with
leaves of Colobanthus quitensis, a dicotyledonous plant that lives in Antarctica. A total of …

Antarctica is one of the most stressful environments for plant life and the Antarctic pearlwort
(Colobanthus quitensis) is adapted to the hostile conditions. Plant-associated …

Summary The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a rapid warming in the last decades.
Although recent climatic evidence supports a new tendency towards stabilization of …

Only two vascular plants have been able to colonize some of the ice and snow-free lands of
the Antarctic Peninsula: the hair grass Deschampsia antarctica (Poaceae) and the pearlwort …

The Earth is a cold place. Most of it exists at or below the freezing point of water. Although
seemingly inhospitable, such extreme environments can harbour a variety of organisms …

The life of plants growing in cold extreme environments has been well investigated in terms
of morphological, anatomical, and ecophysiological adaptations. In contrast, long-term …

In Antarctica, multiple stresses (low temperatures, drought and excessive irradiance)
hamper photosynthesis even in summer. We hypothesize that controlled inactivation of PSII …

Los ecosistemas de alta montaña se caracterizan por condiciones climáticas rigurosas
como bajas temperaturas, fuertes vientos y sustratos inestables. Por ello se les considera …