Antarctic Ecology One Century after the Conquest of the South Pole: How Much Have We Advanced?

Acuna-Rodriguez, IS; Gianoli, E; Carrasco-Urra, F; Stotz GC; Salgado-Luarte, C; Rios, RS; Molina-Montenegro, MA

Abstract

The knowledge derived from Antarctic ecology may be fundamental for facing the complex environmental future of the world. As an early-warning system, a deep understanding of Antarctic ecosystems is therefore needed, but Antarctic ecology as a field is still very young and currently under consolidation. Around the world, 55 nations are involved in this task through their research programs, and, considering the importance of this joint effort, we evaluate some basic trends of their publications through a wide bibliographical review of Antarctic ecology. All ecology-related Antarctic papers published for 106 years (1904-2010) were reviewed. A lack of population and ecosystem research was observed, even in Animalia, the most studied kingdom. The publications originated mainly in developed countries; however, emerging countries have increased their participation in recent years. The current trends of Antarctic ecology as afield show a constant but low representation in both Antarctic science and ecology.

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Título según WOS: Antarctic Ecology One Century after the Conquest of the South Pole: How Much Have We Advanced?
Título según SCOPUS: Antarctic ecology one century after the conquest of the South Pole: How much have we advanced?
Título de la Revista: BIOSCIENCE
Volumen: 64
Número: 7
Editorial: Oxford University Press
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Página de inicio: 593
Página final: 600
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1093/biosci/biu074

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS