Biological invasions in terrestrial Antarctica: what is the current status and can we respond?

KA Hughes, LR Pertierra… - Biodiversity and …, 2015 - Springer
Until recently the Antarctic continent and Peninsula have been little impacted by non-native
species, compared to other regions of the Earth. However, reports of species introductions …

Antarctica: The final frontier for marine biological invasions

AH McCarthy, LS Peck, KA Hughes… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica is experiencing significant ecological and environmental change, which may
facilitate the establishment of non‐native marine species. Non‐native marine species will …

Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region

KA Hughes, OL Pescott, J Peyton… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Antarctic is considered to be a pristine environment relative to other regions of the Earth,
but it is increasingly vulnerable to invasions by marine, freshwater and terrestrial non‐native …

Alien invasions in Antarctica—is anyone liable?

KA Hughes, P Convey - Polar Research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The introduction of non-native species to Antarctica in association with human activities is a
major threat to indigenous biodiversity and the region's unique ecosystems, as has been …

The protection of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems from inter-and intra-continental transfer of non-indigenous species by human activities: a review of current systems …

KA Hughes, P Convey - Global Environmental Change, 2010 - Elsevier
Invasions by non-indigenous species are amongst the greatest threats to global biodiversity,
causing substantial disruption to, and sometimes local extinction of, individual species and …

Biological invasions

P Convey, Y Frenot, N Gremmen… - Trends in Antarctic …, 2006 - Springer
Biological invasions Page 199 193 DM Bergstrom et al.(eds.), Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial
and Limnetic © 2006 Springer. 10. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS P. CONVEY British Antarctic …

Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications

Y Frenot, SL Chown, J Whinam, PM Selkirk… - Biological …, 2005 - cambridge.org
Alien microbes, fungi, plants and animals occur on most of the sub-Antarctic islands and
some parts of the Antarctic continent. These have arrived over approximately the last two …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of non-native species policy development and implementation within the Antarctic Treaty area

KA Hughes, LR Pertierra - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
Antarctic non-native species legislation is contained within the Protocol on Environmental
Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, with 2016 marking the 25th anniversary of its adoption. We …

Fuegian plants in Antarctica: natural or anthropogenically assisted immigrants?

RI Lewis Smith, M Richardson - Biological Invasions, 2011 - Springer
Two species of flowering plant of Fuegian montane provenance have been discovered on
Deception Island in the maritime Antarctic, 950 km south of South America. Four individuals …

Determining the native/non-native status of newly discovered terrestrial and freshwater species in Antarctica–current knowledge, methodology and management …

KA Hughes, P Convey - Journal of Environmental Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Continental Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater environments currently have few established
non-native species compared to the sub-Antarctic islands and other terrestrial ecosystems …