The State of Australia's Birds 2007
Birds in a Changing Climate - Supplement to Wingspan, vol. 14, no. 4
Compiled by Penny Olsen
Birds Australia, December 2007
ISSN 1036-7810
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For printed copies of the report contact Birds Australia (e-mail: mail@birdsaustralia.com.au, telephone: (03) 9347 0757 or 1300 730 075 or the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Community Information Unit (e-mail: ciu@environment.gov.au, telephone: 1800 803 772).
About the report
The state of Australia's birds report series presents an overview of the status of Australia's birds, the major threats they face and the conservation actions needed. This fifth annual report focuses on climate change. The climate is always changing and birds respond by adapting and evolving. However, at least since the very early 1900s the surface temperature of the earth has been warming at a rate unprecedented in human history, bringing with it shifts in local, regional and global weather systems.
Signs of this change are already reflected in the distribution and abundance of some of our birds and in the timing of their breeding and migration, in line with changes observed in other biota. Further shifts, both expansions and contractions, and extinctions have been predicted.
To comment on the report, visit Birds Australia .
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