The terrestrial arthropod fauna and its habitats in northern Marguerite Bay and Alexander Island, maritime Antarctic

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-26

  Convey, Peter ^a   Lewis Smith, Ronald I ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acari; Alexander Island; Collembola; diversity; Marguerite Bay; maritime Antarctic

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD FAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT DESCRIPTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANTARCTICA, ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTICA, MARGUERITE BAY;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; FRIESIA TOPO;

EID: 0030617985     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000035     Document Type: Article

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