Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160104473
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Assessment of past biodiversity through DNA preserved in bulk bone. This project aims to make a unique study of fossils to determine how the composition and biodiversity of ecosystems have changed in response to anthropogenic influences. Fossil bones provide a window through which to study past environments and how they have changed, and the stories these fossils tell can be further enhanced by ancient DNA analyses. This project plans to use bulk bone metabarcoding where hundreds of low-value (fragmented) bones are collectively ground together to provide a cost-effective genetic audit of fossil assemblages. Working on bone from across Oceania and south-east Asia, this project aims to provide a historical perspective on biodiversity. Understanding former ecosystem composition and extinction may facilitate effective restoration and conservation initiatives.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2016
End Date: 09-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $340,425.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Conservation and Biodiversity | Genetics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Documentation of Undescribed Flora and Fauna | Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
