Responding to extreme climatic events

  • van de Pol, Martijn (PI)

    Project: Research

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    Description

    In a world dominated by fragmented habitat, organisms often have no other option than to adjust locally to climate change. Currently, research focuses almost entirely on the potential of species to respond to changes in climate trends, such as increasing mean temperature. However, extreme climatic events—such as floods and heat waves—are also becoming more frequent. Responding to extreme climatic events is expected to operate via other mechanisms, and I will use the new theory of eco-evolutionary dynamics to perform the first integrative study of whether animals can adjust fast enough to keep up with the rapid rate of climate change. This project will inform us about the resilience of Australian fauna to an increasingly extreme environment.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/01/1331/12/16

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