Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP210100508
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Fire and rain: Drivers of deep-time ecosystem assembly in Australia. This project aims to investigate the influence of bushfires and shifting rainfall patterns on the development of Australia’s dominant ecosystems. By combining a range of novel geochemical, isotopic and palaeontological techniques, this research seeks to reveal the causes and consequences of Australia’s transformation from a forested to mainly open landscape of grassland, shrubland and savannah. The expected outcome is detailed knowledge of how changes in fire and rain shaped the ecology and evolution of plants and animals. This knowledge is key to understanding how Australian ecosystems function and to protecting their cultural, economic and environmental values, especially as climate and fire regimes continue to change into the future.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 08-2022
End Date: 08-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $476,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Palaeoclimatology | Geochemistry | Organic Geochemistry
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Understanding Australia's Past |
