Biotic interactions as a structuring force in soil communities: evidence from the micro-arthropods of an Antarctic moss model system

• Published in: Oecologia
• Main Authors: Caruso, Tancredi, Trokhymets, Vladlen, Bargagli, Roberto, Convey, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Argentine; Argentine Islands; Four Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502642/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2503-9

Current meta-community theories postulate that the structure of local communities depends on dispersal, environmental filtering, and biotic interactions. However, disentangling the relative effects of these factors in the field and for diverse assemblages is a major challenge. A solution is to addre...