Life history traits

Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica as a Global Indicator

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 101-127

  Convey, P ^a   Chown, S L ^b   Wasley, J ^c   Bergstrom, D M ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5277-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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