Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Conservation Biology
• Main Authors: AYRES, EDWARD, NKEM, JOHNSON N., WALL, DIANA H., ADAMS, BYRON J., BARRETT, J. E., BROOS, EMMA J., PARSONS, ANDREW N., POWERS, LAURA E., SIMMONS, BREANA L., VIRGINIA, ROSS A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01034.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1523-1739.2008.01034.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01034.x/fullpdf

Abstract: Antarctic ecosystems are often considered nearly pristine because levels of anthropogenic disturbance are extremely low there. Nevertheless, over recent decades there has been a rapid increase in the number of people, researchers and tourists, visiting Antarctica. We evaluated, over 10 yea...