An insect invasion of Antarctica: the past, present and future distribution of Eretmoptera murphyi (Diptera, Chironomidae) on Signy Island

• Published in: Insect Conservation and Diversity
• Main Authors: Bartlett, Jesamine C., Convey, Peter, Pertierra, Luis R., Hayward, Scott A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Signy Island; Brooklyn; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525390/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525390/1/Bartlett_et_al-2019-Insect_Conservation_and_Diversity.pdf; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/icad.12389

1. Rising human activity in Antarctica, combined with continued warming of the polar climate, means the risk of non‐native terrestrial species colonising and establishing in its biodiversity‐ and nutrient‐poor ecosystems is increasing. 2. Of the five non‐native invertebrate species currently in terr...