Aerial dispersal of springtails on the Antarctic Peninsula: implications for local distribution and demography

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Hawes, T.C., Worland, M.R., Convey, P., Bale, J.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Lagoon Island; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Ryder; Ryder Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; antarcticus; Cryptopygus antarcticus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102007000028; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102007000028

Aerial dispersal has been frequently proposed as a potential mechanism by which polar terrestrial arthropods are transported to, and settle the ice free habitats of Antarctica, but to date there has been little substantive evidence in support of this hypothesis. Using water traps we investigated aer...