Quantifying climate change impacts for wetlands in agricultural landscapes

该项目旨在量化水资源供应变化对湿地生物多样性的影响。研究将集中在面临重大气候风险的农业区的高保护价值湿地。生物多样性理论与水生态和空间模型的新结合有望产生对水可获得性如何推动湿地多样性的新理解。预期的成果包括建立湿地生物多样性模型的新技术、建立国际合作以及加强支持政策制定以改善与气候有关的湿地影响的能力。这将促进农田中的水和生物多样性的可持续管理，使生产能力和环境舒适性受益。

This project aims to quantify the impacts of changed water availability on wetland biodiversity. Research will focus on high conservation value wetlands in agricultural regions, which face significant climatic risk. Novel integration of biodiversity theory with hydroecological and spatial modelling is expected to generate new understanding of how water availability drives wetland diversity. Intended outcomes include new techniques to model wetland biodiversity, building of international collaborations and enhanced ability to support policy development to ameliorate climate-related wetland impacts. This should promote sustainable management of water and biodiversity in farmlands, benefitting productive capacity and environmental amenity.