Dark-colored lichens cause underestimation in Antarctic vegetation mapping, study reveals

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS), in collaboration with Argentina’s Center for Advanced Studies in Earth Sciences and Biodiversity (CADIC-CONICET), has identified critical blind spots in current Antarctic vegetation mapping caused by the poor detectability of dark-colored lichens.

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