Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT140101192
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Integrating models with molecular 'logbooks' to better forecast extinction risk from climate change. Current forecasts indicate that human-driven climate change will likely cause widespread biodiversity loss. However, climatic shifts during the Quaternary (2.6 million years ago to present), similar in magnitude to those projected for the 21st century, did not apparently cause extensive extinctions (with the exception of the megafauna). This project aims to use models linked to past responses imprinted in species’ genes to resolve whether the disparity between observed and predicted extinction rates comes from models over-predicting species loss due to climate change. It will use this genetic-demographic approach to improve predictions of biodiversity responses to global change by establishing the biological and environmental determinants of extinction.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2014
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $770,684.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Other Biological Sciences | Speciation and Extinction | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change |
