Further Resources: Climate change and biodiversity

Related on this site

• DEC Climate Change pages
  WA Government and climate change; Greenhouse reporting; Adapatation and mitigation; Climate change science; Low emmissions energy development fund; Reports and publications; Further links .
• Climate change case studies: Biodiversity (1.61 MB)
• Climate change and biodiversity in Western Australia
  How might climate change affect our biodiversity?; Why is there uncertainty about the impacts of climate change on our biodiversity?; What is DEC doing to protect our biodiversity from the impacts of climate change?
• Factsheets and Case Studies
• Biodiversity and Climate Change Unit - Science Division

Media releases

• History holds the key to climate change
  Media Release 3 March 2009

Staff publications about climate change and biodiversity

• Staff Papers Bibliography
  Bibliography of Science staff papers on climate change & biodiversity
• Cochrane A, Daws MI (2008). How will warming temperatures affect recruitment of southern Western Australian narrow range mountain endemics. Australasian Plant Conservation 16(4), pp. 16–18
• Temperature limits to recruitment in narrow range endemics in south west Western Australia POSTER (PDF 1.9 MB )
• Species response to climate change – can the past inform the future?
  Science Division Information Sheet 2010 (PDF 215 kB)
• Climate change and biodiversity (PDF 1.1 MB)
  Authors: McKellar,R., Abbott, I.
  Source: Landscope 22(2), pp. 54-61
  Publication Date: 2006
• Implications of climate change on biodiversity (PDF 1.75 MB)
  Authors: McKellar,R.
  Source: Bushland News 62, p. 4
  Publication Date: 2007
• Science and Policy Review January 2007
  A review of climate change - biodiversity modelling, done in 1999 by Dr Odile Pouliquen-Young and Professor Peter Newman.
• Bibliography from DEC Conservation Library Catalogue searching on key terms "climate change & biodiversity"

Websites (last accessed 2 May 2012)

• Climate Change Refugia Research Group
  The Climate Change Refugia Research Group is a group of scientists concerned about the potential impacts of impending climate change on the biodiversity of our planet. Our group is affiliated with the Curtin Biodiversity and Climate Institute and composed of scientists from numerous different organizations, including the Department of Environment and Conservation, Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, Trent University, and University of Western Australia.
  http://refugia.curtin.edu.au/
• Australia's Biodiversity - Impacts of Climate Change
  Department of Climate Change
  http://www.climatechange.gov.au/search.aspx?query=biodiversity&collection=agencies&profile=climatechange
• Indian Ocean Climate Initiative (IOCI)
  IOCI was formed by the WA government to endure that the climate issues of Western Australia are adequately addressed in national science; and that information on climate change and variability to our region is effectively communicated to decision-makers and community.
  http://www.ioci.org.au/
• Bureau of Meteorology Climate Change Website
  Includes observed trends and datasets
  http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
  http://www.ipcc.ch/