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Short Note: The first appearance and establishment of an alien vascular plant in natural habitats on the forefield of a retreating glacier in Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2011

Maria Olech  and
Katarzyna J. Chwedorzewska
Maria Olech
Affiliation:
Department of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Science, Ustrzycka 10/12, 02-141 Warsaw, Poland Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 27, 31-501 Cracow, Poland
Katarzyna J. Chwedorzewska*
Affiliation:
Department of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Science, Ustrzycka 10/12, 02-141 Warsaw, Poland
*
Corresponding author: kchwedorzewska@go2.pl
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Biological Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 153 - 154
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2011

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