Conservation strategies in response to rapid climate change: Australia as a case study

Steffen, Will; Burbidge, Andrew; Hughes, Lesley Ann; Kitching, Roger L.; Musgrave, Warren; Stafford Smith, Mark; Werner, Patricia; Lindenmayer, David B

Conservation strategies in response to rapid climate change: Australia as a case study

Date

2010

Authors

Steffen, Will

Burbidge, Andrew

Hughes, Lesley Ann

Kitching, Roger L.

Musgrave, Warren

Stafford Smith, Mark

Werner, Patricia

Lindenmayer, David B

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

As in all parts of the globe, rapid climate change in Australia will have significant negative impacts on biodiversity. It also will interact with pre-existing stressors such as native vegetation clearing, altered natural disturbance regimes and invasive