At limits of life: multidisciplinary insights reveal environmental constraints on biotic diversity in continental Antarctica.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Catarina Magalhães, Mark I Stevens, S Craig Cary, Becky A Ball, Bryan C Storey, Diana H Wall, Roman Türk, Ulrike Ruprecht
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; Britannia; Darwin Mountains; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044578; https://doaj.org/article/ec2bc82ac21846dc93eee93654748689

Multitrophic communities that maintain the functionality of the extreme Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems, while the simplest of any natural community, are still challenging our knowledge about the limits to life on earth. In this study, we describe and interpret the linkage between the diversity of...