| Title | The physical setting of the Antarctic |
| Author | Bergstrom, D.M.; Hodgson, D.A.; Convey, P. |
| 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.15-33, . 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. 92 refs. GeoRef Acc. No: 297116. CRREL Acc. No: 64002113 |
| Index Terms | biogeography; animals; climatic change; ecology; ecosystems; glaciation; ice sheets; melting; Pleistocene; Antarctica; Southern Ocean; adaptation; biodiversity; biologic evolution; biota; Cenozoic; climate change; colonial taxa; Eocene; faunal studies; glacial environment; habitat; interglacial environment; Invertebrata; last glacial maximum; living taxa; Paleogene; paleogeography; Quaternary; subantarctic regions; Tertiary |
| Abstract | Briefly reviews environmental factors past and present that act as evolutionary forcing variables influencing development of present-day biological diversity of Antarctica, Maritime Antarctic, and sub- Antarctic islands. Includes effect of formation of Antarctic continent and ice sheet with particular reference to role of inter-glacials and refugia in Antarctic biodiversity; colonisation by invasive species, their dispersal, establishment and adaptation; issues of adaptation, selection and extinction in response to environmental change; and differing ranges of biotic interactions found within communities |
| Publication Type | monograph |
| Record ID | 87458 |