Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101675

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140101675

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Integrating Evolutionary History into Ecological Modeling. Ecological niche models are used across evolution, ecology and conservation to estimate species' environmental tolerances. However, these methods suffer from a near-universal assumption that may be flawed; that the species is the appropriate evolutionary grouping for study. This project will develop methods for using evolutionary information to improve estimates of species' environmental tolerances, and will demonstrate those methods in simulation and empirical studies. This will significantly improve our understanding of evolutionary ecology and will also result in improved conservation outcomes, addressing the national priority of an environmentally sustainable Australia and the goal of responding to environmental change and variability.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-04-2014

End Date: 10-04-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $395,220.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology not elsewhere classified | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biogeography and Phylogeography | Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences

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