Human Impacts on Sub - Antarctic Terrestrial Environments
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Bergstrom D.M. & Selkirk, P.M. 2007 (23:xi): Human impacts on sub-Antarctic terrestrial environments. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society ofTasmania 141 (1): 159-168. ISSN 0080-4703. Australian Antarctic Division, Department ofEnvironment and Water Resources, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7150, Australia (DMB*); Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia (PMS). *Author for correspondence.
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