Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Hughes, Kevin A., Pescott, Oliver L., Peyton, Jodey, Adriaens, Tim, Cottier Cook, Elizabeth J., Key, Gillian, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Tricarico, Elena, Barnes, David K. A., Baxter, Naomi, Belchier, Mark, Blake, Denise, Convey, Peter, Dawson, Wayne, Frohlich, Danielle, Gardiner, Lauren M., González Moreno, Pablo, James, Ross, Malumphy, Christopher, Martin, Stephanie, Martinou, Angeliki F., Minchin, Dan, Monaco, Andrea, Moore, Niall, Morley, Simon A., Ross, Katherine, Shanklin, Jonathan, Turvey, Katharine, Vaughan, David, Vaux, Alexander G. C., Werenkraut, Victoria, Winfield, Ian J., Roy, Helen E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: BIODIVERSITY; HORIZON SCANNING; NON-NATIVE; PATHWAYS; PROTOCOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATY; RISK ASSESSMENT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/207721

The Antarctic is considered to be a pristine environment relative to other regions of the Earth, but it is increasingly vulnerable to invasions by marine, freshwater and terrestrial non-native species. The Antarctic Peninsula region (APR), which encompasses the Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Is...