The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity

Nature

Volumn 522, Issue 7557, 2015, Pages 431-438

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Clarke, Andrew ^b   Fraser, Ceridwen I ^c   Cary, S Craig ^d   Moon, Katherine L ^a,c   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLACIAL PERIOD; HERD; HUMAN; ICE SHEET; MARINE SPECIES; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYCNOGONID; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; TRENDS;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROBIOTA; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84933056026     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14505     Document Type: Article

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