Monitoring biological invasion across the broader Antarctic: A baseline and indicator framework

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-125

  McGeoch, Melodie A ^a   Shaw, Justine D ^b,c   Terauds, Aleks ^c   Lee, Jennifer E ^d   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d Government of South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

Aichi target 9; Alien species; Driver pressure state response; Red list index; Southern ocean islands; Sub antarctic

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; RED LIST; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84929149033     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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