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World Heritage Status and Conservation of Southern Ocean Islands

2001; Wiley; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015003550.x

1523-1739

Steven L. Chown, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, Niek J.M. Gremmen, Kevin J. Gaston,

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Conservation BiologyVolume 15, Issue 3 p. 550-557 World Heritage Status and Conservation of Southern Ocean Islands Steven L. Chown, Steven L. Chown Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South AfricaSearch for more papers by this authorAna S.L. Rodrigues, Ana S.L. Rodrigues Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United KingdomSearch for more papers by this authorNiek J.M. Gremmen, Niek J.M. Gremmen Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Current address: Data Analyse Ecologie, Dwarsdrift 24,7981 AP Diever, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorKevin J. Gaston, Kevin J. Gaston Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United KingdomSearch for more papers by this author Steven L. Chown, Steven L. Chown Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South AfricaSearch for more papers by this authorAna S.L. Rodrigues, Ana S.L. Rodrigues Biodiversity and Macroecology Group, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United KingdomSearch for more papers by this authorNiek J.M. Gremmen, Niek J.M. Gremmen Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Current address: Data Analyse Ecologie, Dwarsdrift 24,7981 AP Diever, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorKevin J. Gaston, Kevin J. 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