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  • Detecting biodiversity changes along climatic gradients: the IBISCA-Queensland Project

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    Kitching, RL
    Putland, D
    Ashton, LA
    Laidlaw, MJ
    Boulter, SL
    Christensen, H
    Lambkin, CL
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kitching, Roger L.
    Year published
    2011
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    The IBISCA-Queensland project established 20 permanent plots over an altitudinal range of 300 m to 1100 m above sea-level (d.s.l.) in rainforest within Lamington National Park,south-east Queensland. Four replicate plots were established at each 200 m interval,representing an average temperature change between altitudes of about 1.5à- a full range of approximately 7.5î The project aimed to identify which animal and plant groups are likely to be most sensitive to climate change and which ones can best be used as indicators for monitoring such change. Full vegetation analyses were carried out at each plot and basic climatic and ...
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    The IBISCA-Queensland project established 20 permanent plots over an altitudinal range of 300 m to 1100 m above sea-level (d.s.l.) in rainforest within Lamington National Park,south-east Queensland. Four replicate plots were established at each 200 m interval,representing an average temperature change between altitudes of about 1.5à- a full range of approximately 7.5î The project aimed to identify which animal and plant groups are likely to be most sensitive to climate change and which ones can best be used as indicators for monitoring such change. Full vegetation analyses were carried out at each plot and basic climatic and soil data collected. Over an 18 month period insect collections,using a wide-range of trapping methods, were made and specific projects carried out by more than 55 scientists from 14 countries. This paper summarises the history and goals of the project and the general 'IBISCA' model within which it was conceived. Site locations are presented, as is an outline of the specific trapping programme and more specific projects carried out within the broader objectives of IBISCA-Queensland. The strengths andweaknesses of the IBISCA approach are discussed. The first comparative syntheses are anticipated and a broader context for future work is defined.
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    Journal Title
    Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
    Volume
    55
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/About+Us/Publications/Memoirs+of+the+Queensland+Museum
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 Queensland Museum. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
    Biological sciences
    Terrestrial ecology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/42993
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