Can high Arctic soil microarthropods survive elevated summer temperatures?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 314-321

  Hodkinson, I D ^a   Coulson, S J ^a   Webb, N R ^b   Block, W ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Collembola; oribatid mites; survival; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

MITE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN;

ACARINA; COLLEMBOLA; ONYCHIURUS ARCTICUS; ORIBATIDAE;

EID: 0030304584     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390278     Document Type: Article

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