Forecasting the future of life in Antarctica

G Koerich, CI Fraser, CK Lee, FJ Morgan… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Antarctic ecosystems are under increasing anthropogenic pressure, but efforts to predict the
responses of Antarctic biodiversity to environmental change are hindered by considerable …

Islands in the ice: Potential impacts of habitat transformation on Antarctic biodiversity

JR Lee, MJ Waterman, JD Shaw… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctic biodiversity faces an unknown future with a changing climate. Most terrestrial biota
is restricted to limited patches of ice‐free land in a sea of ice, where they are adapted to the …

Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae): A natural model organism for extreme environments

I Kozeretska, S Serga, P Kovalenko… - Insect …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Belgica antarctica (Diptera: Chironomidae), a brachypterous midge endemic to the
maritime Antarctic, was first described in 1900. Over more than a century of study, a vast …

[HTML][HTML] Phyto-ecological distribution patterns and identification of alien invasive indicator species in relation to edaphic factors from semi-arid region

M Waheed, SM Haq, F Arshad, RW Bussmann… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The evaluation of alien invasive plants (AIPs) environmental and ecological distribution
patterns can provide important data as well as a theoretical approach for management …

Horizon scanning for potential invasive non‐native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

W Dawson, JM Peyton, OL Pescott… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive non‐native species (INNS) are recognized as a major threat to island biodiversity,
ecosystems, and economies globally. Preventing high‐risk INNS from being introduced is …

Mercury biomagnification in an Antarctic food web of the Antarctic Peninsula

RS Matias, HR Guímaro, P Bustamante, J Seco… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the climate change context, warming Southern Ocean waters may allow mercury (Hg)
to become more bioavailable to the Antarctic marine food web (ie, ice-stored Hg release and …

The rising threat of climate change for arthropods from Earth's cold regions: Taxonomic rather than native status drives species sensitivity

D Renault, C Leclerc, MA Colleu, A Boutet… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polar and alpine regions are changing rapidly with global climate change. Yet, the impacts
on biodiversity, especially on the invertebrate ectotherms which are dominant in these …

Predicting the potential sites of Chromolaena odorata and Lantana camara in forest landscape of Eastern Ghats using habitat suitability models

KRL Saranya, TV Lakshmi, CS Reddy - Ecological Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Conservation strategies need reliable information on species distribution and habitat
suitability. Modelling the invasion probability of species is required for invasive alien species …

Southward migration of the zero-degree isotherm latitude over the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Peninsula: Cryospheric, biotic and societal implications

S González-Herrero, F Navarro, LR Pertierra… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The seasonal movement of the zero-degree isotherm across the Southern Ocean and
Antarctic Peninsula drives major changes in the physical and biological processes around …

Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica

LM Phillips, RI Leihy, SL Chown - Conservation Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Area protection is a major mechanism deployed for environmental conservation in
Antarctica. Yet, the Antarctic protected areas network is widely acknowledged as …