Influence of allochtonous nutrients delivered by colonial seabirds on soil collembolan communities on Spitsbergen

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1233-1245

  Zmudczyńska, Katarzyna ^a   Olejniczak, Izabela ^b   Zwolicki, Adrian ^a   Iliszko, Lech ^a   Convey, Peter ^c   Stempniewicz, Lech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic seabirds; Collembola; Nutrients; Ornithogenic tundra; Soil properties; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOCHTHON; ARTHROPOD; COLONY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GUANO; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PISCIVORE; PLANKTIVORE; SEABIRD; SOIL FAUNA; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AVES; CHLOROPHYTA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA QUADRIOCULATA; HYPOGASTRURA VIATICA; INVERTEBRATA; PRASIOLA CRISPA;

EID: 84864343921     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1169-4     Document Type: Article

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