Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140102861
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Latitudinal gradients and beyond: understanding the drivers of global patterns in plant ecology. There are astonishing gaps in our understanding of global patterns in the way plants grow, and the factors that underlie these patterns. We don’t know whether mean climatic conditions or extreme events are more important in shaping plant traits. We don’t know which environmental variables are most important in shaping most aspects of plant ecological strategy, and we don’t know what shape the relationship between latitude and most plant traits takes. This project will address these knowledge gaps, substantially improving our ability to predict the potential impacts of climate change on plants, and providing the basis for exciting new theory about the mechanisms driving the evolution of plant form and function in Australia, and around the world.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 03-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $323,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Terrestrial Ecology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
