Faunal responses to environmental change and isolation on an Australian land-bridge island. Establishing how faunas responded to past isolation and environmental changes offers great potential for predicting long-term impacts of habitat fragmentation. By combining novel methods we will track extinction rates, diet and body-size shifts on Kangaroo Island, the only known land-bridge island with a fossil record spanning the past 100,000 years.
The recovery of life recorded at the end-cretaceous impact crater. This project aims to provide new insights into how the Earth and its ecosystems respond to catastrophic events and dramatic shifts in climate. Sharp changes in climate and ocean circulation can place ecosystems under severe stress. The unique data stemming from this multidisciplinary characterisation of the fluxes of organisms recorded at the Chicxulub impact crater could be used to model the fate of life, and the potential to re ....The recovery of life recorded at the end-cretaceous impact crater. This project aims to provide new insights into how the Earth and its ecosystems respond to catastrophic events and dramatic shifts in climate. Sharp changes in climate and ocean circulation can place ecosystems under severe stress. The unique data stemming from this multidisciplinary characterisation of the fluxes of organisms recorded at the Chicxulub impact crater could be used to model the fate of life, and the potential to recover from future ecologically turbulent events.Read moreRead less