The conservation status of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands

• Main Author: Keage, PL
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1981
• Subjects: Heard Island (Heard and McDonald Islands); McDonald Islands (Heard and McDonald Islands); Nature conservation; Antarctic; Heard; Heard Island; McDonald Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20090/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20090/1/whole_KeagePeterLawson1981_thesis.pdf

For all its area, the subantarctic region has few land outcrops and those which do occur, with the exception of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, have been extensively and irreversibly affected by human beings. As the last unspoilt unit representative of the subantarctic biome Heard Island and...