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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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Rethinking legal objectives for climate-adaptive conservation by McDonald, Jan, McCormack, Phillipa C., Fleming, Aysha J., Harris, Rebecca M. B., Lockwood, Michael

“…This paper examines conservation objectives in Australian law in the context of climate change. The rate of climate change and the scale and extent of its…”
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Decomposing crop model uncertainty: A systematic review by Chapagain, Ranju, Remenyi, Tomas A., Harris, Rebecca M.B., Mohammed, Caroline L., Huth, Neil, Wallach, Daniel, Rezaei, Ehsan Eyshi, Ojeda, Jonathan J.

“…Crop models are essential tools for analysing the effects of climate variability, change on crop growth and development and the potential impact of adaptation…”
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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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Establishing a baseline for thermal stress conditions – A high-resolution radiative perspective by Weeding, Ben, Lucieer, Arko, Love, Peter T., Remenyi, Tom, Harris, Rebecca M.B.

“…As Earth's climate warms, outdoor thermal conditions that threaten human life are becoming more frequent and severe. To prepare and adapt effectively to this…”
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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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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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Implications of data aggregation method on crop model outputs – The case of irrigated potato systems in Tasmania, Australia by Ojeda, Jonathan J., Rezaei, Ehsan Eyshi, Remenyi, Tomas A., Webber, Heidi A., Siebert, Stefan, Meinke, Holger, Webb, Mathew A., Kamali, Bahareh, Harris, Rebecca M.B., Kidd, Darren B., Mohammed, Caroline L., McPhee, John, Capuano, Jose, Ewert, Frank

“…[Display omitted] •We validate APSIM-Potato across several soil-climate-management combinations.•We evaluated the difference of yield and irrigation using…”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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From static connectivity modelling to scenario-based planning at local and regional scales by Lechner, Alex Mark, Harris, Rebecca M.B., Doerr, Veronica, Doerr, Erik, Drielsma, Michael, Lefroy, Edward C.

“…Despite the proliferation of connectivity modelling approaches, static models have limited usefulness for decision-making by policy-makers and land managers,…”
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Reprint of: 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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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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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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