Sinclair, B.J. 2001. On the distribution of terrestrial invertebrates at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 24: 394-400.
In this paper the terrestrial fauna of the Cape Bird Ice-Free Area is surveyed. Little relationship was found between the presence of macroscopic vegetation and invertebrates. This has important conservation implications, because many Antarctic protected areas are currently designated on the basis of vegetation, under the assumption that this preserves a representative terrestrial community, while this paper shows that this is not the case.
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