Title	Biological invasions
Author	Convey, P.; Frenot, Y.; Gremmen, N.; Bergstrom, D.M.
Source	Trends in Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems; Antarctica as a global indicator, edited by D.M. Bergstrom, P. Convey and A.H.L. Huiskes, p.193-220, . Publisher: Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. ISBN: 1-4020-5276-6; 978-1-4020-5276-7; 978-1- 4020-5277-4; 1-4020-5277-4
Publication Date	2006
Notes	In English. 135 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 297109
Index Terms	Antarctica; Indian Ocean Islands-- Crozet Islands; Indian Ocean Islands--Heard Island; Indian Ocean Islands--Kerguelen Islands; Indian Ocean Islands--Prince Edward Island Group; Artiodactyla; Carnivora; Cervidae; Chordata; climate change; communities; Crozet Islands; ecology; ecosystems; Eutheria; Felidae; Fissipeda; Heard Island; Indian Ocean Islands; interspecific relations; Invertebrata; Kerguelen Islands; Lagomorpha; Mammalia; migration; Myomorpha; Plantae; predation; Prince Edward Island Group; reproduction; Rodentia; Ruminantia; subantarctic regions; Tetrapoda; Theria; Vertebrata
Abstract	Assesses current significance of invasive species in Antarctica, with particular reference to effects of introduced mammals on sub-Antarctic islands; introduction and reproduction of alien species of invertebrates; microbial groups and introduction of plant pathogens; and absence of non-indigenous species in freshwater and marine habitats of continental and Maritime Antarctica. Examines plant communities on Prince Edward Islands, Heard Island, and Iles Kerguelen in greater detail, and comments of pattern of colonisation along tracks on Iles Crozet. Discusses impacts of introduced vertebrates including house mice, cats, rabbits, and reindeer, and unexpected results of their eradication at a time of climate change; and potential impacts on soil biology of introduced invertebrates, including worms. Comments on possible future scenarios for introduced species under conditions of climate change
Publication Type	monograph
Record ID	87466