Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0878342
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The role of atmospheric carbon dioxide in fostering hyperdiversity in Australian conifer palaeofloras. Human intervention into atmospheric processes appears to have triggered an excursion in atmospheric CO2 to levels unknown for millennia. Our ability to predict the environmental implications of such a change will play a major role in ameliorating the social and financial impact upon Australia. This project examines the ecology and function of forests that grew under CO2 levels considerably higher than present, and will provide an invaluable insight into how future biological systems will function. The evidence produced by this project has potential economic flow-ons, particularly for long-term planning of softwood versus hardwood plantation forestry.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2008
End Date: 12-2011
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $233,882.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Ecology | Plant Physiology
