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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP210100913
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
How positive interactions improve predictions of plant community diversity. Though common in nature, the importance of plant-plant facilitation to coexistence and the maintenance of plant diversity at community scales is poorly understood. This project aims to advance understanding of how positive interactions (facilitation) impact on coexistence among plant species as well as local patterns of diversity. To achieve these aims the project will use a combination of field experiments and a comparative analysis of competition and facilitation in Australian, Californian and Spanish annual plant communities with a novel modelling approach for predicting coexistence across variable environments. Outcomes are expected to include an innovative predictive framework of use for plant conservation in Australia and beyond.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2021
End Date: 06-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $470,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Population Ecology | Ecology | Community Ecology | Invasive Species Ecology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
