Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100629

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE180100629

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolutionary impacts of climate change in Australia’s fossil record. This project aims to identify evolutionary responses to climate change in Australia's fossil record by comparing variation in lizard and frog communities across geological time. Using X-ray techniques on museum specimens, this project will generate a large-scale database for tracking evolutionary shifts in relation to historical climatic events. Expected outcomes include the first anatomical descriptions for many species, filling major gaps in our ability to place fossils in a contemporary framework. This research will demonstrate the value of our national collections for addressing important environmental issues, such as biodiversity, extinction, and future habitat change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $365,058.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Animal Systematics and Taxonomy | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Documentation of Undescribed Flora and Fauna | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Animal Systematics and Taxonomy | Documentation of Undescribed Flora and Fauna | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)

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