Terrestrial microarthropods of Victoria Land and Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica: Implications of climate change

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3158-3170

  Sinclair, Brent J ^a   Stevens, Mark I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acari; Antarctica; Climate change; Collembola; Dispersal; Invasive species; Temperature; UV radiation; Water

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NUTRITION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER;

ANTARCTICA; COLLEMBOLA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 33748747573     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.11.035     Document Type: Article

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