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Project 7.2 Journal: The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

 

Catford, J.A., Daehler, C.C., Murphy, H.T., Sheppard, A.W., Hardesty, B.D., Westcott, D.A., Rejmánek, M., Bellingham, P.J., Pergl, J, Horvitz, C.C., Hulme, P.E. (2012) The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 14 (3), 231-241 doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.12.002.

Project 7.3 Factsheet: Climate change and the impacts of extreme climatic events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity

The project will investigate 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.
 
7.3 NERP Factsheet.pdf

Project 7.3 Final Report - Climate change and the impacts of extreme events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity

Welbergen J. A., Meade, J., Storlie, C., VanDerWal, J., Dalziell, A. H., Hodgson, L., Larson, J., Krockenberger, A., Williams, S. E. (2015) Climate change and the impacts of extreme events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity.

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NERP-TE-PROJECT-7.3-FINAL-REPORT-COMPLETE.pdf

Project 7.3 Journal: Biological confirmation of improved spatial weather layers for species vulnerability analysis

Storlie C, Merino-Viteri A, Phillips B, VanDerWal J, Williams SE, Welbergen JA, (in review). Biological confirmation of improved spatial weather layers for species vulnerability analysis. Biology Letters.

Project 7.3 Journal: Characteristics of climate change refugia for Australian biodiversity

Austral Ecology

 

Reside, A.E., Welbergen, J.A., Phillips, B.L., Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Keppel, G., Ferrier, S., Williams, S.E., VanDerWal, J. (2014) Characteristics of climate change refugia for Australian biodiversity. Austral Ecology. [doi: 10.1111/aec.12146].

Project 7.3 Journal: Improved spatial estimates of climate predict patchier species distributions

Storlie, C.J., Philips, J.J., VanDerWal, J., Williams, S.E. (2013) Improved spatial estimates of climate predict patchier species distributions. Diversity and Distributions. [doi:10.1111/ddi.12068].

 

Project 7.3 Journal: Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss

 

Warren, R., VanDerWal, J., Price, J., Welbergen, A., Atkinson, I., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Osborn, T.J., Jarvis, A., Shoo, L.P., Williams, E., Lowe, E. (2013) Quantifying the benefit of early climate change mitigation in avoiding biodiversity loss. Nature Climate Change. 3, 678-682 [doi:10.1038/nclimate1887].

Project 7.3 Journal: Stepping inside the niche: microclimate data are critical for accurate assessment of species' vulnerability to climate change

 

Biology Letters

 

Storlie, C., Merino-Viteri, A., Phillips, B., VanDerWal, J., Welbergen, J., Williams, S.. (2014) Stepping inside the niche: microclimate data are critical for accurate assessment of species' vulnerability to climate change. Biology Letters. 10 (12) [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0576].

Project 7.3 NERP TE Hub Conference 2013 Poster

Climate change and the impacts of extreme events on Australia’s Wet Tropics biodiversity.

 

Project7.3-Conference-Poster.pdf

Project 8.1 Factsheet: Monitoring the ecological effects of GBR zoning plan on mid and outer shelf reefs

The rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (GBRMP) in 2004 increased the number and extent of ‘no-take’ areas within the Park. This project surveys pairs of reefs, one in a ‘no-take’ or green zone and the other a similar reef where fishing is allowed (blue zone), in five regions of the GBRMP. Green and blue zones will be surveyed for the abundance and size of fishery species, particularly coral trout, as well as wider effects on coral reef communities. Indirect or flow-on effects of protection from fishing on reef ecology may take one to two decades to develop, so surveys over the course of the NERP will track the longer-term effects of zoning as they develop.

 

8.1 NERP Factsheet.pdf

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