Aliens in Antarctica: Assessing transfer of plant propagules by human visitors to reduce invasion risk

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-284

  Huiskes, Ad H L ^a   Gremmen, Niek J M ^a   Bergstrom, Dana M ^b   Frenot, Yves ^c   Hughes, Kevin A ^d   Imura, Satoshi ^e   Kiefer, Kate ^b   Lebouvier, Marc ^f   Lee, Jennifer E ^g   Tsujimoto, Megumu ^e   Ware, Chris ^h   Van de Vijver, Bart ⁱ   Chown, Steven L ^j  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor   (France)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

ⁱ BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Biological invasions; Propagule pressure; Risk assessment; Self assessment; Tourism; Vessel size

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; PROPAGULE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAVEL TIME;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84897610596     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.038     Document Type: Article

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