Assemblage level variation in springtail lower lethal temperature: The role of invasive species on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 284-291

  Janion, Charlene ^a   Worland, M Roger ^b   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Cold hardiness; Functional homogenization; Macrophysiology; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; LOW TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUPERCOOLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 68949215213     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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