Extreme glacial legacies: A synthesis of the Antarctic sprin
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TitleExtreme glacial legacies: A synthesis of the Antarctic springtail phylogeographic recordAbstractWe review current phylogeographic knowledge from across the Antarctic terrestrial landscape with a focus on springtail taxa. We describe consistent patterns of high genetic diversity and structure among populations which have persisted in glacial refugia across Antarctica over both short (<2 Mya) and long (>10 Mya) timescales. Despite a general concordance of results among species, we explain why location is important in determining population genetic patterns within bioregions. We complete our review by drawing attention to the main limitations in the field of Antarctic phylogeography, namely that the scope of geographic focus is often lacking within studies, and that large gaps remain in our phylogeographic knowledge for most terrestrial groups. Copyright 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.AcknowledgementsWe thank Laurie Beth Connell and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. We are also grateful to Antarctica New Zealand for their logistical support. Funding for this project was provided by a New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship and a Sir Robin Irvine Doctoral Scholarship to AM, with the latter also supporting AC's fieldwork; and by a New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology Grant (UOWX0710) to IH. This paper forms a contribution to SCARÅ› Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA), Antarctica New Zealand's Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP), and British Antarctic Survey's Polar Science for Planet Earth (PSPE) research programmes.
TypeArticleCitationMcGaughran, A., Stevens, M., Hogg, I. and Carapelli, A. (2011). Extreme glacial legacies: A synthesis of the Antarctic springtail phylogeographic record. Insects, 2(2): 62-82 doi:10.3390/insects2020062 IdentifierMcGaughran2011Relevancerank5
Carapelli, A., Extreme glacial legacies: A synthesis of the Antarctic sprin , [McGaughran2011]. Antarctica NZ, accessed 04/04/2026, https://adam.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nodes/view/63659, 10.3390/insects2020062
