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  2. British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, United Kingdom

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  3. Department of Environment and Heritage, Australian Government Antarctic Division, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia

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Huiskes, A.H.L., Convey, P., Bergstrom, D.M. (2006). Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica as a Global Indicator. In: Bergstrom, D.M., Convey, P., Huiskes, A.H.L. (eds) Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5277-4_1

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