Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Nematodes of Victoria Land, Antarctica

@article{Adams2014EcologicalBO,
  title={Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Nematodes of Victoria Land, Antarctica},
  author={Byron J. Adams and Diana H. Wall and Ross A. Virginia and Emma J. Broos and Matthew A. Knox},
  journal={ZooKeys},
  year={2014},
  pages={29 - 71}
}
Abstract The terrestrial ecosystems of Victoria Land, Antarctica are characteristically simple in terms of biological diversity and ecological functioning. Nematodes are the most commonly encountered and abundant metazoans of Victoria Land soils, yet little is known of their diversity and distribution. Herein we present a summary of the geographic distribution, habitats and ecology of the terrestrial nematodes of Victoria Land from published and unpublished sources. All Victoria Land nematodes… 
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