Influence of allochtonous nutrients delivered by colonial seabirds on soil collembolan communities on Spitsbergen

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Zmudczyńska, Katarzyna, Olejniczak, Izabela, Zwolicki, Adrian, Iliszko, Lech, Convey, Peter, Stempniewicz, Lech
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2012
• Subjects: Guano; Hornsund; Polar Biology; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19273/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19273/1/Zmudc.pdf; http://link.springer.com/static-content/0.5043/pdf/738/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00300-012-1169-4.pdf?token=1345117018815--82febbfb8b0b473c568133a04508f254af04397b55c80314c9fb05f290461d7b00ea950ca091cd9be36d95d0e44eb9efa2a5b3ff5d9c4bda71f1b996169c0cc9&doi=10.1

Despite a widespread recognition of the role of seabird colonies in the fertilization of nutrient-poor polar terrestrial ecosystems, qualitative and quantitative data documenting any consequential influence on soil invertebrate communities are still lacking. Therefore, we studied community structure...