Kasper Thorup (1) (1)Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate; Natural History Museum of Denmark; University of Copenhagen; Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen; Denmark. kthorup@snm.ku.dk, @Kasper_Thorup Regular long-distance migration in birds and many other animals is generally an adaptation to predictable seasonal...
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Elvira Poloczanska1, Christopher Brown2, Michael Burrows3, Jorge García Molinos4, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg5 Hans-Otto Pörtner6 (1) CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Queensland Biosciences Precinct, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia (2) Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith Univeristy, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan Qld 4111, Australia (3) Scottish Association...
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Michael R. Kearney (1) , Warren P. Porter (2) (1) The University of Melbourne, School of BioSciences, Victoria, 3010 mrke@unimelb.edu.au (2) The University of Wisconsin, School of BioSciences, Victoria, 3010 mrke@unimelb.edu.au Mechanistic niche modelling involves the computation of heat, water and nutritional budgets...
- December 16, 2015
Lynne Forster (1) and Simon Grove (2) (1) University of Tasmania, Private Bag 98, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Lynette.Forster@utas.edu.au (2) Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, GPO Box 1164, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Simon.Grove@tmag.tas.gov.au Altitudinal shifts in the distribution and/or composition of species communities or assemblages...
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Gretta T Pecl (1,2), Elsa Gärtner (1), Stewart Frusher (1,2), Marcus Haward (1,2), Alistair Hobday (2,3), Eriko Hoshino (1,2), Sarah Jennings (2), Elvira Poloczanska (3) , Warwick Sauer (4), Jon Sumby (1) , Cecilia Villanueva (1,2),, Reg Watson (1,2) , Ingrid van Putten (2,3) (1) Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,...
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(1) Alistair Hobday, Jason Hartog (1) CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS 7001 Alistair.Hobday@csiro.au Management of ocean spaces has tended to be based on static management approaches including fixed boundaries, despite recognition that the ocean has interannual variability on...
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(1) Shannen Smith, Jennifer Donelson, Rebecca Fox, David Booth School of Life Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. shannen.m.smith@student.uts.edu.au Species that are shifting in distribution will often start out as a group of colonizers, where small group size...
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Ms Ann Albihn Reindeer herding is important for many northern societies in Russia and Scandinavia. The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is highly adapted to harsh environment and sensitive to environmental perturbations. Semi-domesticated reindeer are generally healthy but immunologically naïve for many new infectious...
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In the late Holocene, Tasmania Aboriginal peoples faced significant challenges in rising sea levels and changing resource economies. However, rather than a deterrent, the peoples thrived with new resources and Tasmania stands alone as possessing the richest maritime archaeological material...
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Tero Mustonen (1) Snowchange Cooperative, Finland, Havukkavaarantie 29, FIN 81235 Lehtoi, Finland, tero@snowchange.org Abstract: Communal visual-optic histories This article explores the pioneering potential of communal visual-optic histories which are recorded, painted, documented, or otherwise expressed. These materials provide collective meanings of an image or visual material within a specific cultural group. They potentially...
- December 16, 2015