Spatial dynamics of two introduced species of carabid beetles on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Brandjes, G. J., Block, W., Ernsting, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer-Verlag 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Grytviken; West Bay; East Bay; Stromness; King Edward Point; Stromness Bay; Cumberland Bay; Cumberland East Bay; Husvik Harbour; Harbour Point; Cumberland West Bay; Jason Harbour; Antarc*; antarcticus; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503039/; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs003000050369.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050369

On the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia two species of predatory beetle, Trechisibus antarcticus and Oopterus soledadinus (Coleoptera, Carabidae), were accidentally introduced. The colonisation process offers unique opportunities for testing ecological hypotheses in the field. As a basis for su...