Antarctic ecology one century after the conquest of the South Pole: How much have we advanced?

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 593-600

  Acuña Rodríguez, Ian S ^a   Gianoli, Ernesto ^c   Carrasco Urra, Fernando ^b   Stotz, Gisela C ^d   Salgado Luarte, Cristian ^c   Rios, Rodrigo S ^c   Molina Montenegro, Marco A ^e  

^a Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antarctic ecology; Antarctic research; international territorial administration; scientific publications; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904196323     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu074     Document Type: Review

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