Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0881764
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Reconstructing past population dynamics to understand human and climatic impacts in prehistory. More than 100 species have become extinct since humans first colonised Australia, and over 1000 are considered threatened. This research will determine the factors most strongly governing the interaction between humans and native fauna in Australia over the last 46 millennia. Our approach is powerful and novel because it will effectively draw together multidisciplinary evidence on natural resource exploitation and habitat alteration by ancient people, and the influence of dramatic climatic shifts on the Australian biota. Information on past biological responses to environmental change is critical to properly contextualising the current impact, and long-term consequences of, threats such as global warming, habitat loss and invasive species.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2008
End Date: 12-2012
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $624,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Ecology | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |
