Climate change and its impact on Australia's avifauna

Chambers, Lynda E.; Hughes, Lesley; Weston, Michael A.

doi:10.1071/mu04033

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“…In recent years, evidence has mounted about its impacts on different groups of species and stages of a species lifecycle (Hughes, 2000;Parmesan, 2006). Especially for birds (Crick, 2004;Chambers et al, 2005;Leech and Crick, 2007;Wormworth and Mallon, 2007), climate change has been shown to induce poleward (Hitch and Leberg, 2007) and upward shifts of the distributional ranges (Pounds et al, 1999), to alter the timing of major seasonal events such as migration (Jenni and Kéry, 2003;Jonzen et al, 2006;Gordo, 2007) or egg laying (Crick and Sparks, 1999;Torti and Dunn, 2005;Both and te Marvelde, 2007) and to influence survival and productivity and hence, population dynamics (Sanz et al, 2003).…”

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Are Swiss birds tracking climate change?

Maggini¹,

Lehmann²,

Kéry³

et al. 2011

Ecological Modelling

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a b s t r a c tClimate change is affecting biodiversity worldwide inducing species to either "move, adapt or die". In this paper we propose a conceptual framework for analysing range shifts, namely a catalogue of the possible patterns of change in the distribution of a species along elevational or other environmental gradients and an improved quantitative methodology to identify and objectively describe these patterns. Patterns are defined in terms of changes occurring at the leading, trailing or both edges of the distribution: (a) leading edge expansion, (b) trailing edge retraction, (c) range expansion, (d) optimum shift, (e) expansion, (f) retraction, and (g) shift. The methodology is based on the modelling of species distributions along a gradient using generalized additive models (GAMs). Separate models are calibrated for two distinct periods of assessment and response curves are compared over five reference points. Changes occurred at these points are formalized into a code that ultimately designates the corresponding change pattern. We tested the proposed methodology using data from the Swiss national common breeding bird survey. The elevational distributions of 95 bird species were modelled for the periods 1999-2002 and 2004-2007 and significant upward shifts (all patterns confounded) were identified for 35% of the species. Over the same period, an increase in mean temperature was registered for Switzerland. In consideration of the short period covered by the case study, assessed change patterns are considered to correspond to intermediate patterns in an ongoing shifting process. However, similar patterns can be determined by habitat barriers, land use/land cover changes, competition with concurrent or invasive species or different warming rates at different elevations.

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Are Swiss birds tracking climate change?

Maggini¹,

Lehmann²,

Kéry³

et al. 2011

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“…This is as predicted when warming occurs where breeding was previously limited by cool non-breeding conditions, and matches changes seen in many other species following climate warming (Dunn 2004;Chambers et al 2005). In the South-east Region, Masked Lapwings tended to begin breeding later in the year, perhaps as a result of reduced rainfall delaying peak prey availability (see below).…”

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“…Fluctuations of climate can influence the timing and success of breeding (Dunn 2004;Chambers et al 2005). Many studies have examined how changes in climate have altered the phenology of avian breeding (Sparks et al 2002;Parmesan and Yohe 2003;Dunn 2004).…”

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Spatial and temporal variation in the breeding of Masked Lapwings (Vanellus miles) in Australia

Chambers

Gibbs

Weston

et al. 2008

Emu - Austral Ornithology

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Abstract. Spatial and temporal variation in the breeding of Masked Lapwings (Vanellus miles) in Australia were examined using data from Birds Australia's Nest Record Scheme (NRS; 1957, the Atlas of Australian Birds (1998Birds ( -2006, and climatic data . Breeding in north-western Australia was concentrated in summer, while in other regions the peak of breeding occurred during spring. Breeding success varied between regions and years but was generally highest in Tasmania. Clutch-size (mean 3.57 eggs ± 0.033 s.e., n = 549 clutches) did not vary regionally or temporally. In the northeast, breeding became earlier over time (~1.9 days per year, NRS), while in the south-east, breeding became later (~0.9 days per year); in other regions temporal trends were not evident. Only Tasmania showed a significant temporal change in breeding success (decrease of ~1.5% per year). All regions experienced warming climates, and annual rainfall increased in north-western regions and decreased in eastern regions. There were weak or no relationships between the amount or success of breeding, clutch-size and the climatic variables considered (with the possible exception of Tasmania), suggesting either that data limitations precluded us from detecting subtle effects or that Masked Lapwings have been little influenced or are resilient to changes in climate over most of their range.

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“…The continent has a high degree of rainfall variability and experiences extreme weather events such as floods and droughts which are likely to aggravate by climate change [2]. Although evidences are growing supporting correlation between climate change and its effects on water availability, few studies on this subject are available in Australia [3]. The interaction between climate and water issues is not yet adequately understood [2], and therefore, one of the aims of this study has been to get an insight into the relationship between climate change and water availability in Australia.…”

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“…Weather data including daily precipitation, 0.5 hourly precipitation, maximum and minimum temperatures were obtained from the Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology website. 3 Daily stream flow data was collected from Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines/Water Monitoring Portal. 4 In SWAT model, the watershed is divided into sub-basins based on the DEM.…”

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland, Australia

Abbas¹,

Wasimi²,

Bhattarai³

et al. 2017

JCEA

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An analysis of historical data of Fitzroy River, which lies in the east coast of Australia, reveals that there is an increasing trend in extreme floods and droughts apparently attributable to increased variability of blue and green waters which could be due to climate change. In order to get a better understanding of the impacts of climate change on the water resources of the study area for near future as well as distant future, SWAT (soil and water assessment tool) model was applied. The model is first tested for its suitability in capturing the basin characteristics with available data, and then, forecasts from six GCMs (general circulation model) with about half-a-century lead time to 2046~2064 and about one-century lead time to 2080~2100 are incorporated to evaluate the impacts of climate change under three marker emission scenarios: A2, A1B and B1. The results showed worsening water resources regime into the future.

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Climate change and its impact on Australia's avifauna

Cited by 112 publications

References 103 publications

Are Swiss birds tracking climate change?

Are Swiss birds tracking climate change?

Spatial and temporal variation in the breeding of Masked Lapwings (Vanellus miles) in Australia

The Impacts of Climate Change on Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland, Australia

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