Insect habitats in Antarctica
About fifty species of terrestrial arthropods have been collected in Antarctica; these include mites, ticks, springtails, sucking lice, biting lice and flies. The mites include both free-living and parasitic forms, the springtails and flies are free-living, and the ticks and lice are parasitic. The...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400051871 2024-03-03T08:38:25+00:00 Insect habitats in Antarctica Gressitt, J. L. Leech, R. E. 1961 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400051871 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400051871 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 10, issue 68, page 501-504 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1961 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400051871 2024-02-08T08:29:26Z About fifty species of terrestrial arthropods have been collected in Antarctica; these include mites, ticks, springtails, sucking lice, biting lice and flies. The mites include both free-living and parasitic forms, the springtails and flies are free-living, and the ticks and lice are parasitic. The ticks, parasitic mites, and biting lice are associated with birds, and the sucking lice with seals. The number of species are about equally divided between free-living and parasitic forms. The ability of insects and mites to survive the very low winter temperatures and frequent strong winds of Antarctica is of considerable interest; judged in relation to commonly accepted ideas of tolerance, the environment is extremely forbidding. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 10 68 501 504 |
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About fifty species of terrestrial arthropods have been collected in Antarctica; these include mites, ticks, springtails, sucking lice, biting lice and flies. The mites include both free-living and parasitic forms, the springtails and flies are free-living, and the ticks and lice are parasitic. The ticks, parasitic mites, and biting lice are associated with birds, and the sucking lice with seals. The number of species are about equally divided between free-living and parasitic forms. The ability of insects and mites to survive the very low winter temperatures and frequent strong winds of Antarctica is of considerable interest; judged in relation to commonly accepted ideas of tolerance, the environment is extremely forbidding. |
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