Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0665253
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Australia's monsoon tropical flora: invader or relict? The monsoonal tropics is a large region with unique yet poorly understood biodiversity. It is undergoing rapid agricultural, urban and tourist development, all of which threaten the sustainability of that biodiversity. The region includes three World Heritage areas, all with flora in their listed values: Kakadu National Park, Purnulu NP (Bungle Bungles) and Riversleigh. Additionally, the Kimberley is considered one of the last great wilderness areas in the world. This project will help us understand the evolutionary and geographic origins of the biodiversity of the monsoonal tropics, including the World Heritage areas, and it will identify those components that are uniquely Australian and therefore have the greatest heritage values.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2006
End Date: 12-2009
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $295,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Conservation And Biodiversity | Biogeography | Plant Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (flora and fauna) | Living resources (flora and fauna) |
