Climate Change and the Impacts of Extreme Events on Australia’s Wet Tropics Biodiversity: Final Report

Justin A. Welbergen, Jessica Meade, Collin Storlie, Jeremy Vanderwal, Anastasia H. Dalziell, Lauren Hodgson, Johan Larson, Andrew K. Krockenberger, Stephen E. Williams

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Abstract

The project investigated the exposure and sensitivity of Wet Tropics plants and animals to extreme climatic events, such as heat waves, fires, flooding rain and cyclones. This information will be used to assess and map the vulnerability of species in the Wet Tropics Bioregion and the impact of current and future climatic events on biodiversity in the region. The information gathered in the Wet Tropics can potentially be applied to other regions in Australia and elsewhere to predict and mitigate the impacts of extreme climatic events on biodiversity.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCairns, Qld.
PublisherReef and Rainforest Research Centre
Number of pages71
ISBN (Print)9781925088595
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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Keywords

  • climatic changes
  • tropics
  • biodiversity
  • Australia

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