Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100904

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100904

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Connections between imperfect detection and ecological inference. This project is designed to resolve whether or when it is important to account for imperfect detection when modelling communities of species. Robust conservation and environmental decisions require reliable estimates of biodiversity, yet current modelling methods may be biased because they fail to account for the imperfect detection of species. Improving the models requires good understanding about levels and patterns of species detectability, which is currently lacking. The project intends to bridge this gap by producing a global synthesis of species detectability across taxa, geographical regions and survey methods. The project then aims to evaluate the performance and limitations of existing and emerging community modelling methods in ecology to enable better biodiversity conservation decisions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2016

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $360,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Applied Statistics | Ecology | Community Ecology | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Applied Statistics | Community Ecology | Conservation and Biodiversity | Ecology | Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

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