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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140100574
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Exotic and native plant coexistence in novel communities. The development of novel communities has become an inevitable outcome of global change. Despite this, we have a poor understanding of the mechanisms driving their assembly. Here, experimental and modelling approaches will be used to identify how competition among native and exotic plant species change across key environmental gradients, leading to: resilient native communities; stable novel communities - mixes of native and exotic species; or, degraded communities dominated by exotic species. The annual plant communities of Western Australia's (WA) York Gum woodlands will be used as a model system. Outcomes will improve management of WA wildflower communities and provide a framework for predicting novel community formation worldwide.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 02-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $437,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Population Ecology | Ecology | Community Ecology | Invasive Species Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments |
