Insect herbivore and plant responses in eucalypt forests under climate change at physiological, species and community scales

了解昆虫种群和气候变化脆弱性的驱动因素是预测适应和缓解战略的第一步，以最大限度地减少气候变化对森林生物多样性的影响。我们的研究将量化气候变化对澳大利亚森林中与桉树相关的仍然被忽视但重要的昆虫群落的影响。这些昆虫群落分布广泛，种类繁多，是澳大利亚经济和生态的典型代表。明显的气候变化预计将导致生物多样性的变化，导致桉树森林中昆虫的暴发和灭绝。影响的负面结果还可能包括树叶凋落物的积累，增加未来的丛林火灾活动。

Understanding the drivers for insect populations and vulnerabilities to climate change are the first steps to predicting adaptation and mitigation strategies to minimise impacts of climate change on forest biodiversity. Our research will quantify the outcome of climate change on the still neglected but important insect community associated with eucalypts in Australian forests. These insect communities are widespread, diverse and quintessential for the Australian economy and ecology. Apparent climate change is expected to cause biodiversity shifts, leading to outbreaks and extinctions of insects in eucalypt forests. Negative outcomes of impacts could also include the accumulation of leaf litter, increasing bush fire activity in the future.