Reproductive plasticity and climate change: insights from a region of opportunistic birds

了解动物物种如何在行为和生理上对气候变化作出反应，是预测它们如何适应气候变化的关键。澳大拉西亚是许多本地和引进物种的家园，这些物种在一系列气候和季节中繁殖。该项目将建立协作基础设施和研究网络，以系统地研究和确定鸟类必须适应澳大拉西亚多变气候的限制和适应。这一大规模的比较项目将为全球观察到的鸟类繁殖失败、繁殖和迁徙时间变化模式提供重要见解，这些模式与气候变化有关，并对生物多样性构成威胁。

Understanding how animal species respond behaviourally and physiologically to climatic variability is key to predicting how they will adapt to a changing climate. Australasia is home to a number of native and introduced species that breed across a range of climates and seasons. This project will establish collaborative infrastructure and a research network to systematically study and identify the constraints and adaptations that birds have to adjust to a variable climate across Australasia. This large-scale comparative project will provide important insight into the globally observed patterns of reproductive failure and changes in breeding and migration times in birds, which have been related to a changing climate and pose a threat to biodiversity.