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Science 28 September 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5846, pp. 1877 - 1878
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147261

Perspectives

ECOLOGY:
Antarctic Biodiversity

Peter Convey1 and Mark I. Stevens2

Forms of plant and animal life can be found across Antarctica that have survived glacial cycles over millions of years.


1P. Convey is with the British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK. E-mail: p.convey{at}bas.ac.uk; (P.C.)

2M. I. Stevens is in the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. E-mail: m.i.stevens{at}massey.ac.nz (M.I.S.)

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