Conservation planning: incorporating patch dynamics and climate change to achieve better outcomes

这项研究将为规划一个环境可持续的澳大利亚做出重大贡献。主要成果将包括制定准则，首次将珊瑚漂白和远洋生产力的斑块动态纳入养护规划。通过使用澳大利亚的图标，大堡礁，作为本研究的案例研究，研究结果将直接适用和实施。此外，这项研究将导致对斑块动态的气候变化的潜在影响的理解，并将提供指导方针和理论规划这种变化。这项研究将使澳大利亚能够有效地保护其生物多样性，并将这一知识与邻国分享。

This research will make significant contributions to planning for An Environmentally Sustainable Australia. Key outcomes will include guidelines for including, for the first time, the patch dynamics of coral bleaching and pelagic productivity in conservation planning. By using an Australian icon, the Great Barrier Reef, as the case study for this research, the findings will be directly applicable and implementable. Furthermore, this study will result in an understanding of the potential effect of climate change on patch dynamics, and will provide guidelines and theory for planning for such changes. This research will enable Australia to effectively protect its biodiversity and to relate this knowledge to its neighbours.