Pathways of alien invertebrate transfer to the Antarctic region

• Published in: Polar biology Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 23 - 33
• Main Authors: Houghton, Melissa, McQuillan, Peter B., Bergstrom, Dana M., Frost, Leslie, van den Hoff, John, Shaw, Justine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2016; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antarctic zone; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Coleoptera; Diptera; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental changes; Environmental impact; Habitats; Introduced species; Invertebrata; Invertebrates; Lepidoptera; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Noctuidae; Oceanography; Original Paper; Phoridae; Plant Sciences; Predators; Risk reduction; Taxa; Terrestrial ecosystems; Zoology; Antarctic region; Australia; PS, Antarctica; Alien species; Quarantine; Propagule pressure; Invertebrates; Biosecurity; Sub-Antarctic

Alien species pose an increasing threat to the biodiversity of the Antarctic region. Several alien species have established in Antarctic terrestrial communities, some representing novel functional groups such as pollinators and predators, with unknown impacts on ecosystem processes. We quantified th...