Origin of the inland Acari of Continental Antarctica, with particular reference to Dronning Maud Land

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-118

  Marshall, David J ^a,c   Pugh, Philip J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acari; Antarctica; Biogeography; Endemism; Immigration; Origin

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA;

EID: 0030507552     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0051     Document Type: Article

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