Animal populations
Report
Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds
Abstract In the first continental analysis of the effects of climate change on a faunal group, we identified that the climate space of 101 Australian terrestrial and inland water bird taxa is likely to be entirely gone by 2085, 16 marine taxa have breeding sites that are predicted to be at least 10% less productive...
Report
The koala – saving our national icon
This report examines the committee's inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of one of Australia's most loved and iconic native animals – the koala.
Briefing paper
Bogong moths and Parliament House
The Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) migrates annually to the highest peaks in the Southern Alps where millions spend the hot summer months aestivating in deep, dark crevices in rock caves among granite boulders. Parliament House disrupts the flight of the moths, writes Bill McCormick, and acts as a giant light trap for moths migrating through...