The protection of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems from inter-and intra-continental transfer of non-indigenous species by human activities: a review of current systems …

KA Hughes, P Convey - Global Environmental Change, 2010 - Elsevier
Invasions by non-indigenous species are amongst the greatest threats to global biodiversity,
causing substantial disruption to, and sometimes local extinction of, individual species and …

High resolution spatial mapping of human footprint across Antarctica and its implications for the strategic conservation of avifauna

LR Pertierra, KA Hughes, GC Vega, MÁ Olalla-Tárraga - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Human footprint models allow visualization of human spatial pressure across the globe. Up
until now, Antarctica has been omitted from global footprint models, due possibly to the lack …

Continental governance and environmental management mechanisms under the Antarctic Treaty System: sufficient for the biodiversity challenges of this century?

P Convey, KA Hughes, T Tin - Biodiversity, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity is challenged by rapid climatic changes and expansion of the
human footprint. As well as the potential for environmental damage at the local level, these …

Correlative and dynamic species distribution modelling for ecological predictions in the Antarctic: a cross-disciplinary concept

J Gutt, D Zurell, TJ Bracegridle, W Cheung… - Polar …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Developments of future scenarios of Antarctic ecosystems are still in their infancy, whilst
predictions of the physical environment are recognized as being of global relevance and …

Dominios climáticos de la Sierra Madre Oriental y su relación con la diversidad florística

ME Suárez-Mota, JL Villaseñor… - Revista mexicana de …, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
La Sierra Madre Oriental ha perdido hasta el 30% de su vegetación, lo que hace imperativo
conocer mejor su biodiversidad, así como las variables ambientales que explican su …

The impact of human activities on wilderness and aesthetic values in Antarctica

R Summerson, ID Bishop - Polar Research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
There has been little progress in implementing protection of wilderness and aesthetic values
in Antarctica since the coming into force of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the …

Biogeography and regional classifications of Antarctica

P Convey, DKA Barnes, HJ Griffiths, SM Grant, K Linse… - 2012 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
In this chapter we refer to the 'Antarctic'in its widest sense. On land, we include the Antarctic
continent and Peninsula, the various archipelagos of the Scotia arc, and the sub-and peri …

Protection of wilderness and aesthetic values in Antarctica

R Summerson - Protection of the three poles, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, the “Madrid
Protocol,” came into force in 1998. Included in its provisions is the protection of wilderness …

Development of a quantitative 'bioassay'approach for ecosystem mapping

W Rolf, R Lenz, D Peters - International Journal of Biodiversity …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A map of ecosystem distribution is an essential reference for assessing ecosystem services.
We suggest that a map of the natural distribution of species assemblages is an ecosystem …

Climatic domains of the Sierra Madre Oriental and its relationship to floristic diversity

ME Suárez-Mota, JL Villaseñor… - Revista mexicana de …, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
Resumen SUAREZ-MOTA, Mario Ernesto; VILLASENOR, José Luis y LOPEZ-MATA, Lauro.
Climatic domains of the Sierra Madre Oriental and its relationship to floristic diversity. Rev …