Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0989338
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A multidisciplinary research program to assess limiting factors and predict impacts of climate change for endangered Australian orchids. Climate change poses a significant threat to biodiversity. Australian sexually deceptive orchids are dependent on obligate and specialised interactions with pollinators and fungi. Consequently, they may face a high risk of extinction if climate change uncouples these interactions. Thus orchids provide an important bio-indicator of change. The tools and expertise developed will contribute directly to the conservation of endangered Australian orchids, and will take into account the risks of climate change. The project will contribute to the priority research goals of sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity as well as responding to climate change and variability. The project will also provide high quality, cross-disciplinary training.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2009
End Date: 05-2013
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $760,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Population And Ecological Genetics | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences |
