The terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Edgeøya, Svalbard: Arctic landscape community composition reflects biogeography patterns

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ávila-Jimenéz, Maria Luisa, Solhøy, Torstein, Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., Fjellberg, Arne, Dózsa‑Farkas, K., Monson, F, De Smet, Willem H., Stur, Elisabeth, Ekrem, Torbjørn, Coulson, Stephen James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Edgeøya; Svalbard; Arctic Archipelago; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2593577; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02471-x

Colonisation and immigration history is often neglected as a factor when investigating community or species distribution patterns. However, for dynamic systems that are still reacting to large-scale environmental change, such as the retreat of the ice since the last glacial maximum, colonisation his...