Using genetics to understand the impacts of climate change on Australian endemicsPart A

Vicki Thomson, Alan Cooper, Jeremy Austin, Corey Bradshaw, Leo Joseph, Margaret Byrne, Craig Moritz, Steve Donnellan, Marc Suchard, Mike Hickerson, Tanya Laity

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

• First time ever – largest set of terrestrial vertebrates and plants

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

• First time ever – largest set of terrestrial vertebrates and plants

• Consistent, standardised analysis techniques

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

• First time ever – largest set of terrestrial vertebrates and plants

• Consistent, standardised analysis techniques

• 227 species dataset

Predicting effects of future climateson Australian biodiversity

• First time ever – largest set of terrestrial vertebrates and plants

• Consistent, standardised analysis techniques

• 227 species dataset

• ARC discovery grant – Oz LGM project

In the beginning…

• There was data…

…papers…

In the beginning…

• There was data…

…DNA…

In the beginning…

• There was data…

…files…

In the beginning…

• There was data…

…scripts…

In the beginning…

• There was data…

…scripts…