Project information
Project aim
This project aims to explore how global environmental change is likely to affect terrestrial species distributions across Antarctica. Research will focus on identifying what factors determine species presence/absence at sites around Antarctica today. This information will be used to construct a model that predicts new species distributions based on different IPCC climate scenarios.
Related publications
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Modeling the determinants of species distributions in Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 1999
(Ref: 9259)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Considered from a functional ecological perspective, Antarcticas present-day terrestrial biota is the product of two sets of limiting factors: the continents isolation from sources of immigrant propagules and the severe environmental stresses to which successful immigrants are exposed.
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From Antarctica to Africa UniView, 2001
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Authors:Category 4: Popular articles
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Not just ice, but isolation makes life hard to find. UWA News, 2000
(Ref: 9804)
Authors:Category 4: Popular articles
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The role of recruitment and colonisation processes in structuring Antarctic terrestrial communities. "Ecology in a Rapidly Changing World." Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia's Annual Conference held at La Trobe University, Melbourne, from 29 November - 1 December 2000., 2000
(Ref: 9702)
Authors:Category 3: Abstract
The ice-free habitats of continental Antarctica are among the most geographically isolated on Earth. Colonization of Antarctica requires the immigration of dissemules from distant biotic sites across large distances of snow or open ocean.
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Antarctica as a model for testing island biogeographic theory "The Ecology of Insular Biotas." Proceedings of an International Conference held at Victoria University of Wellington, 11-17 February 2001., 2001
(Ref: 9706)
Authors:Category 3: Abstract
The Antarctic continent covers an area of nearly 14 million square kilometres, representing one-sixteenth of the Earths land surface. Ninety-eight percent of this area is covered by ice. The remaining 2% comprises widely scattered patches of rock and mineral terrain surrounded by snowfields…