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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0984222
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
How are weeds adapting to life in Australia? Quantifying the rate and direction of evolution in introduced species. Introduced plants are a major problem throughout Australia. Introduced species are listed as one of the most severe threats to biodiversity in Australia, and managing them costs Australia around $4 billion per annum. The information we gather in this project will tell us what sort of changes introduced plants undergo when they arrive in Australia; how quickly plants can adapt to a new environment, and what sort of species are best able to adapt to new conditions. We will also ask whether introduced species are still adapting to Australian conditions. If so, then we might expect even more naturalised species to become problem weeds in the future. This sort of knowledge is fundamental to our ability to develop appropriate control programs.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2009
End Date: 12-2014
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $730,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Population And Ecological Genetics | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Land and water management | Control of pests and exotic species |
