Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica

JM Strugnell, HV McGregor, NG Wilson… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is causing observable changes in Antarctica and the
Southern Ocean including increased air and ocean temperatures, glacial melt leading to sea …

Towards a global synthesis of Collembola knowledge: challenges and potential solutions

A Potapov, BC Bellini, SL Chown, L Deharveng… - Soil Organisms, 2020 - hal.science
Collembola are among the most abundant and diverse soil microarthropods, which are
found in almost all (semi) terrestrial environments and often serve as model organisms in …

Meta‐analysis of Antarctic phylogeography reveals strong sampling bias and critical knowledge gaps

XP Liu, GA Duffy, WS Pearman, LR Pertierra… - Ecography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Much of Antarctica's highly endemic terrestrial biodiversity is found in small ice‐free patches.
Substantial genetic differentiation has been detected among populations across spatial …

Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

AM Potapov, CA Guerra, J Van den Hoogen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails
(Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow …

Polar lake microbiomes have distinct evolutionary histories

B Tytgat, E Verleyen, M Sweetlove… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Toward the poles, life on land is increasingly dominated by microorganisms, yet the
evolutionary origin of polar microbiomes remains poorly understood. Here, we use …

Diatoms define a novel freshwater biogeography of the Antarctic

E Verleyen, B Van de Vijver, B Tytgat, E Pinseel… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial biota in the Antarctic are more globally distinct and highly structured
biogeographically than previously believed, but information on biogeographic patterns and …

The limited spatial scale of dispersal in soil arthropods revealed with whole‐community haplotype‐level metabarcoding

P Arribas, C Andújar, A Salces‐Castellano… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil arthropod communities are highly diverse and critical for ecosystem functioning.
However, our knowledge of spatial structure and the underlying processes of community …

Impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life

S Bacher, B Galil, M Nunez, M Ansong… - IPBES Invasive Alien …, 2023 - folia.unifr.ch
“The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range: it now occurs in these latitudes
on both sides of the Cordillera, across the continent. I saw it in unfrequented spots in Chile …

Combining correlative and mechanistic niche models with human activity data to elucidate the invasive potential of a sub‐Antarctic insect

LR Pertierra, JC Bartlett, GA Duffy… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are subject to substantial spatio‐
temporal limitations when historical occurrence records of data‐poor species provide …

Comparative phylogeography reveals consistently shallow genetic diversity in a mitochondrial marker in Antarctic bdelloid rotifers

ZV Cakil, G Garlasché, N Iakovenko… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The long history of isolation of the Antarctic continent, coupled with the harsh ecological
conditions of freezing temperatures, could affect the patterns of genetic diversity in the …