Antarctica's Protected Areas Are Inadequate, Unrepresentative, and at Risk

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Shaw, Justine D ^a,b   Terauds, Aleks ^b   Riddle, Martin J ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Chown, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SPECIES INVASION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES;

EID: 84903287209     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001888     Document Type: Article

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