Assessing the effectiveness of specially protected areas for conservation of Antarctica's botanical diversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 113-120

  Hughes, Kevin A ^a   Ireland, Louise C ^a   Convey, Peter ^a   Fleming, Andrew H ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Conservation Biogeographic region; Antarctic Specially Protected Area; Climate change; Human impacts; Normalized difference vegetation index; Remote sensing; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; NDVI; PINNIPED; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTICA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA;

ANTARCTICA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PLANT; REMOTE SENSING;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84954375760     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12592     Document Type: Article

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