How environmental change drives the origin and decline of biodiversity

Australia's unique biodiversity is threatened by the widespread effects of environmental change. However, the historical vulnerability of species to past environmental change a factor that could predict future extinction risk remains largely unknown. The Australian Government's Science and Research Priorities (2015) highlights the critical importance of improved predictive power of the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity. This project will contribute to reaching this goal by developing cutting-edge methods and leveraging large publicly funded biodiversity datasets for a wide range of animals and plant groups across Australia and its Asia-Pacific neighbours, to provide a comprehensive assessment of the factors shaping species responses to environmental change. By sharing knowledge outcomes and predictive tools with policy makers and conservation managers this project w