An Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Victorian Alpine Ecosystems: Detecting and Managing Ecological Change

气候变化威胁着澳大利亚高山地区的生物多样性。该项目旨在预测植物，土壤和小动物将如何应对变暖以及相关的火灾风险增加。我们的项目使用放置在野外的小室来模拟变暖条件，并测量植物的生长和发育，以及小室内的小动物群落结构。我们还评估气候变化对土壤过程的影响。这些信息被用来评估高山植物和动物应对气候变化的能力，并确定管理人员可以帮助维持这一脆弱生态系统的生物多样性的方法。

Climate change threatens biodiversity in alpine areas of Australia. This project seeks to predict how plants, soils and small animals will respond to warming and the associated increased risk of bushfire. Our project uses chambers placed out in the field to simulate warming conditions, and measures plant growth and development, and small animal community structure within the chambers. We also assess the effects of climate change on soil processes. The information is used to evaluate the ability of alpine plants and animals to deal with climate change and to identify ways managers can help maintain biodiversity in this fragile ecosystem.