ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT130100132

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT130100132

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How will the biodiversity crisis affect vital ecosystem functions? Loss of biodiversity due to environmental change is a potentially serious issue for the sustainability of ecosystems. Predictions on how biodiversity loss will affect ecosystem functions and services require a well-developed understanding of its effects on plant litter decomposition, because this process is a key component of the global carbon cycle. This project will advance this understanding by addressing several key questions (for example, relative importance of decomposition versus other drivers of environmental change; and temporal variation in biodiversity effects on decomposition), using forest streams as model systems. These experiments will mimic realistic extinction events across climatic gradients, enabling predictions to be made at large scales.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-2013

End Date: 12-2017

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $747,517.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecosystem Function | Ecological Applications | Conservation and Biodiversity | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

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