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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0211759
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Population dynamics and genetic variation of plants with contrasting fire responses. We combine the traditional concerns of population viability analyses with the modern techniques of DNA fingerprinting for precise genotyping of individual plants and their seeds. We expect major breakthroughs in our understanding of how fire-killed species have survived thousands of years of frequent burning by Aborigines (by identifying seeds dispersed long distances from burnt parents); how paternity of offspring changes over the lifespan of plants which retain their seeds for many years; at what age within-plant genetic variation is at a maximum as a guide to optimal fire management; and the extent that deleterious somatic mutations explain low seed set among long-lived species.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2002
End Date: 06-2005
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $180,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Fire Management | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Forestry |
