Conservation biogeography of the Antarctic

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 726-741

  Terauds, Aleks ^a,b   Chown, Steven L ^a,f   Morgan, Fraser ^c   Peat, Helen J ^d   Watts, David J ^b,g   Keys, Harry ^e   Convey, Peter ^d   Bergstrom, Dana M ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic biodiversity; Biogeographical zones; Conservation planning; Ice free Antarctica; Spatial ecology; Sub Antarctic biogeography

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HOMOGENEITY; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84862013219     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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