Effects of human trampling on populations of soil fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Ayres, E., Nkem, J., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E, Broos, E.J., Parson, A.N., Powers, L.E., Simmons, B.L., Virginia, R.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: carbon; ecotourism; carbon dioxide; soil chemical properties; biodiversity; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20023; https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/2630

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 years, the di...