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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1094646
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The evolution of dispersal on range edges. The rate at which an invasive species spreads, and the ability of a native species to adapt to environmental change, are both contingent on the dispersal ability of the species. Dispersal ability, however, evolves rapidly on the edge of a species' range. The rapid evolution of dispersal, therefore, determines the eventual range-limits of invasive species, as well as of native species responding to changing conditions. This research will provide tools with which to predict the direction and rate of dispersal evolution on range-edges. The results of this work will, thus, massively facilitate management of invasive species and climate change.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2010
End Date: 07-2015
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $670,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Stochastic Analysis And Modelling | Conservation And Biodiversity | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of pests and exotic species | Global climate change adaptation measures |
