Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0221076
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Factors influencing the reovery of orchids and their mycorrhizal fungi in the post-mining landscape. Australian terrestrial orchids are highly vulnerable to reductions in soil fungus diversity after disturbance, due to their highly specific associations with soil fungi. This project would investigate how mycorrhizal fungal diversity and spatial variability changes with time during restoration of jarrah forest vegetation after bauxite mining. The impact of mycorrhizal fungi and other soil and habitat factors on orchid taxonomic diversity and habitat preferences in rehabilitated bauxite mine soils will be investigated. The post-mining environment will also be contrasted with undisturbed jarrah forest to understand why some orchids are common and others rare in these environments.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2002
End Date: 06-2006
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $67,635.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Soil Biology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Soil Sciences | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (flora and fauna) | Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas |
