Soil trampling in an Antarctic Specially Protected Area: tools to assess levels of human impact

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Tejedo, P., Justel, A., Benayas, J., Rico, E., Convey, Peter, Quesada, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2009
• Subjects: Management; Agriculture and Soil Science; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Byers; Byers peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11311/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11311/1/download.pdf; http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FANS%2FANS21_03%2FS0954102009001795a.pdf&code=05aa4366c39504d6d4063bbf512011e1

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