Does a new transportation system increase the risk of importing non-native species to Antarctica?

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 441-449

  Tsujimoto, Megumu ^a,b   Imura, Satoshi ^a,c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

alien; biological invasions; dispersal pathway; logistics; propagule pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARGO HANDLING; COLD REGION; DISPERSAL; ICE BREAKER; LOGISTICS; MITIGATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PROPAGULE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RISK FACTOR; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84866405462     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000272     Document Type: Article

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