A 7000-year record of oribatid mite communities on a maritime-antarctic island: Responses to climate change

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-245

  Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Convey, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SIGNY ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS; WORLD;

ACARI; ALASKOZETES; ALASKOZETES ANTARCTICUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GAZELLA; HALOZETES; HALOZETES BELGICAE; ORIBATIDA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 19944366930     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0239:AYROOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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