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Improving the use of species distribution models in conservation planning and management under climate change by Porfirio, Luciana L, Harris, Rebecca M B, Lefroy, Edward C, Hugh, Sonia, Gould, Susan F, Lee, Greg, Bindoff, Nathaniel L, Mackey, Brendan

“…Choice of variables, climate models and emissions scenarios all influence the results of species distribution models under future climatic conditions. However,…”
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Changes to the drivers of fire weather with a warming climate – a case study of southeast Tasmania by Grose, Michael R, Fox-Hughes, Paul, Harris, Rebecca M. B, Bindoff, Nathaniel L

“…Projected changes to the global climate system have great implications for the incidence of large infrequent fires in many regions. Here we examine the…”
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Impact of Vertical Atmospheric Structure on an Atypical Fire in a Mountain Valley by Ozaki, Mitsuhiro, Harris, Rebecca M. B., Love, Peter T., Aryal, Jagannath, Fox-Hughes, Paul, Williamson, Grant J.

“…Wildfires are not only a natural part of many ecosystems, but they can also have disastrous consequences for humans, including in Australia. Rugged terrain…”
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Experimental manipulation of melanism demonstrates the plasticity of preferred temperature in an agricultural pest (Phaulacridium vittatum) by Harris, Rebecca M B, McQuillan, Peter, Hughes, Lesley

“…Phenotypic plasticity is a key trait of successful pest species, and may increase the ability to cope with higher, more variable temperatures under climate…”
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The benefits of Q + PPGIS for coupled human-natural systems research: A systematic review by Johnson, Malcolm S., Adams, Vanessa M., Byrne, Jason, Harris, Rebecca M. B.

“…Managing complex problems in socio-ecological systems (SES) requires innovative approaches, which account for multiple scales, large datasets, and diverse…”
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Projecting canopy cover change in Tasmanian eucalypt forests using dynamically downscaled regional climate models by Williamson, Grant J., Prior, Lynda D., Grose, Michael R., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Bowman, David M. J. S.

“…Loss of forest cover is a likely consequence of climate change in many parts of the world. To test the vulnerability of eucalypt forests in Australia’s island…”
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Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Variability of Lightning Activity Associated with Wildfire over Tasmania, Australia by Nampak, Haleh, Love, Peter, Fox-Hughes, Paul, Watson, Christopher, Aryal, Jagannath, Harris, Rebecca M. B.

“…Lightning strikes are pervasive, however, their distributions vary both spatially and in time, resulting in a complex pattern of lightning-ignited wildfires…”
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Climate-vegetation-fire interactions and feedbacks: trivial detail or major barrier to projecting the future of the Earth system? by Harris, Rebecca M. B., Remenyi, Tomas A., Williamson, Grant J., Bindoff, Nathaniel L., Bowman, David M. J. S.

“…Fire is a complex process involving interactions and feedbacks between biological, socioeconomic, and physical drivers across multiple spatial and temporal…”
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Changing Climate Suitability for Dominant Eucalyptus Species May Affect Future Fuel Loads and Flammability in Tasmania by Lucas, Jessica, Harris, Rebecca M. B.

“…Fire management is becoming increasingly relevant in our changing climate as fire frequency and intensity increases both on a global scale and locally in…”
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A tool for simulating and communicating uncertainty when modelling species distributions under future climates by Gould, Susan F., Beeton, Nicholas J., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Hutchinson, Michael F., Lechner, Alex M., Porfirio, Luciana L., Mackey, Brendan G.

“…Tools for exploring and communicating the impact of uncertainty on spatial prediction are urgently needed, particularly when projecting species distributions…”
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An anatomy of Australia's legal framework for bushfire by McCormack, Phillipa C, McDonald, Jan, Burn, Michael E, Little, Stuart J, Bowman, David M.J.S, Harris, Rebecca M.B

“…Australian landscapes, people and laws have a long history with fire, but climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of !res and the scale of…”
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Setting research priorities for effective management of a threatened ecosystem: Australian alpine and subalpine peatland by Rowland, Jessica A., Walsh, Jessica C., Beitzel, Matthew, Brawata, Renee, Brown, Daniel, Chalmers, Linden, Evans, Lisa, Eyles, Kathryn, Gibbs, Rob, Grover, Samantha, Grundy, Shane, Harris, Rebecca M. B., Haywood, Shayne, Hilton, Mairi, Hope, Geoffrey, Keaney, Ben, Keatley, Marie, Keith, David A., Lawrence, Ruth, Lutz, Maiko L., MacDonald, Trish, MacPhee, Elizabeth, McLean, Nina, Powell, Susan, Robledo‐Ruiz, Diana A., Sato, Chloe F., Schroder, Mel, Silvester, Ewen, Tolsma, Arn, Western, Andrew W., Whinam, Jennie, White, Matthew, Wild, Anita, Williams, Richard J., Wright, Genevieve, Young, Wade, Moore, Joslin L.

“…Threatened ecosystem conservation requires an understanding of the effectiveness of management and the challenges hindering successful protection and recovery…”
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To Be Or Not to Be? Variable selection can change the projected fate of a threatened species under future climate by Harris, Rebecca M. B., Porfirio, Luciana L., Hugh, Sonia, Lee, Greg, Bindoff, Nathan L., Mackey, Brendan, Beeton, Nicholas J.

“…Summary Species distribution models (SDMs) are commonly used to project future changes in the geographic ranges of species, to estimate extinction rates and to…”
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Changing compound rainfall events in Tasmania by Earl, Nick, Remenyi, Tom A., King, Andrew, Love, Peter T., Rollins, D., Harris, Rebecca M. B.

“…While extreme weather and climate events have been studied for several decades, analysis of compound events has only begun in recent years. In this burgeoning…”
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Effects of soil- and climate data aggregation on simulated potato yield and irrigation water requirement by Ojeda, Jonathan J., Rezaei, Ehsan Eyshi, Remenyi, Tomas A., Webb, Mathew A., Webber, Heidi A., Kamali, Bahareh, Harris, Rebecca M.B., Brown, Jaclyn N., Kidd, Darren B., Mohammed, Caroline L., Siebert, Stefan, Ewert, Frank, Meinke, Holger

“…Input data aggregation affects crop model estimates at the regional level. Previous studies have focused on the impact of aggregating climate data used to…”
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Shifts in mollusc traits following floodplain reconnection: Testing the response of functional diversity components by Rumm, Andrea, Foeckler, Francis, Dziock, Frank, Ilg, Christiane, Scholz, Mathias, Harris, Rebecca M. B., Gerisch, Michael

“…Restoration of ecosystems can mitigate the global loss of biodiversity and provide essential ecological functions and services. Although trait composition and…”
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Integrating climate change and habitat fragmentation to identify candidate seed sources for ecological restoration by Harrison, Peter A., Vaillancourt, René E., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Potts, Brad M.

“…Anthropogenic change (climate change and habitat fragmentation) is driving a growing view that local seed collections may need to be supplemented with nonlocal…”
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Morphological Variation Tracks Environmental Gradients in an Agricultural Pest, Phaulacridium vittatum (Orthoptera: Acrididae) by Yadav, Sonu, Stow, Adam J, Harris, Rebecca M B, Dudaniec, Rachael Y

“…Invertebrate pests often show high morphological variation and wide environmental tolerances. Knowledge of how phenotypic variation is associated with…”
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The effectiveness of common thermo-regulatory behaviours in a cool temperate grasshopper by Harris, Rebecca M.B., McQuillan, Peter, Hughes, Lesley

“…Behavioural thermoregulation has the potential to alleviate the short-term impacts of climate change on some small ectotherms, without the need for changes to…”
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A framework for incorporating fine-scale dispersal behaviour into biodiversity conservation planning by Lechner, Alex M., Doerr, Veronica, Harris, Rebecca M.B., Doerr, Erik, Lefroy, Edward C.

“…•We describe a multi-scale connectivity framework for conservation planning.•The model characterises connectivity at fine resolutions over large spatial…”
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