ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — Hot spots of plant biodiversity may also be magnets for invading weeds that thrive in
prime growing
conditions, according to a study described here yesterday at the annual meeting of the
Ecological Society of America.
The
prime goal was a fresh assessment of ice, ocean and
ecological conditions on the stretch of Antarctic coast south of Australia and New Zealand a century after an arduous expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson did the same.