Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100862

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150100862

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The evolution of mammalian developmental patterns in deep time. Why are some groups of marsupials more morphologically diverse than others? The patterns and processes occurring over development shape adult variability, and yet these remain poorly understood and unknown across marsupials. This significantly limits understanding of how marsupial diversity has evolved. This project aims to use novel analytical methods to provide the first empirical data on how marsupials grow, and how those patterns have evolved over time. In doing so it will yield fundamental insight into why Australia's marsupials are so diverse, and how morphological traits interact over development to shape this diversity; this knowledge is key to understanding how morphological diversity is generated and what determines how species evolve.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-09-2015

End Date: 31-08-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $338,110.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Geology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Understanding Australia's Past | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Biological Adaptation | Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Geology | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Understanding Australia's Past

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