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Fungus-Invertebrate Interactions in Antarctica

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In this chapter, we review the available literature on the associations of invertebrates and fungi across the different environments of Antarctica, the diversity underlined by this type of association and how the Antarctic fungal communities and their ecology can be affected by changes such as those in climate. We describe fungal interactions with individual groups of invertebrates, such as nematodes and insects, in both terrestrial and marine habitats. We conclude the chapter by exploring future possibilities for research regarding the impacts that environmental change and the introduction of non-native species may have in the region.

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    Felipe Lorenz Simões & Peter Convey

  2. Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Láuren Drumond, Lívia da Costa Coelho & Luiz Henrique Rosa

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Simões, F.L., Convey, P., Drumond, L., da Costa Coelho, L., Rosa, L.H. (2019). Fungus-Invertebrate Interactions in Antarctica. In: Rosa, L. (eds) Fungi of Antarctica. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18367-7_9

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