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THE flora and fauna of Antarctica are often considered to be secure, principally because of international treaty obligations. Nevertheless, several people have already drawn attention to conservation problems1–3, which are underlined by my own work on the decline of the South Polar skua (Catharacta maccormicki) at Cape Hallett (lat. 72° 18′ S, long. 170° 19′ E).
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JOHNSTON, B. Skua Numbers and Conservation Problems at Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Nature 231, 468 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231468a0
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