A snapshot of biodiversity protection in Antarctica

Antarctic biodiversity is increasingly under threat. Here, Wauchope et al. provide a continent-wide assessment of its terrestrial biodiversity, and find biodiversity protection is regionally uneven and biased towards easily detectable and charismatic species.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Hannah S. Wauchope, Justine D. Shaw, Aleks Terauds
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08915-6
https://doaj.org/article/47d0513d8de348389eee87e8eb7e35a6
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Summary:Antarctic biodiversity is increasingly under threat. Here, Wauchope et al. provide a continent-wide assessment of its terrestrial biodiversity, and find biodiversity protection is regionally uneven and biased towards easily detectable and charismatic species.