Genetic impacts and climate change Part B, ACEAS Grand, Vicki Thomson

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Using genetics to understand the impacts of climate change on Australian endemics Part B Vicki Thomson, Alan Cooper, Jeremy Austin, Corey Bradshaw, Leo Joseph, Margaret Byrne, Craig Moritz, Steve Donnellan, Marc Suchard, Mike Hickerson, Tanya Laity

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Using genetics to understand the impacts of climate change on Australian endemics, Vicki Thomson, ACEAS Brand 2014 Part B

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

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

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>200 species

29 bird species

40 frog species

23 mammal species

17 plant species

97 reptile species

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Diversity levels and demography

Stable demographic history, high diversity

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Diversity levels and demography

Stable demographic history, high diversityStable demographic history, low diversity

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Diversity levels and demography

Stable demographic history, high diversityStable demographic history, low diversity

Decline-expansion demographic history, low diversity

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Diversity levels and demography

Stable demographic history, high diversity

Decline-expansion demographic history, high diversity

Stable demographic history, low diversityDecline-expansion demographic history, low diversity

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Diversity levels and demography

62% stable with high diversity

27% stable with low diversity

Stable demographic history, high diversity

Decline-expansion demographic history, high diversityDecline-expansion demographic history, low diversity

Stable demographic history, low diversity