Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210100043

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE210100043

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Kangaroos, feral herbivores and bushfires: Consequences for forest dynamics. This project aims to investigate the functional role of native and introduced herbivores in forest ecosystems using a powerful, highly replicated, herbivore exclosure experiment. This project expects to create new knowledge of the effects of mammalian herbivores, particularly kangaroos and invasive deer, on forest plants, soils and productivity. Expected outcomes include fundamental insights into above and belowground interactions in forests, and an enhanced capacity to predict effects of changing herbivore populations across environmental gradients, and following bushfire. This should produce significant benefits for forest management in Australia, allowing informed, targeted, and pre-emptive management of invasive herbivore populations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-04-2022

End Date: 25-04-2028

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $454,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecosystem Function | Ecological Applications | Invasive Species Ecology | Conservation and Biodiversity |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Forest and Woodlands Soils | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Ecological Applications | Ecosystem Function | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Forest and Woodlands Soils | Invasive Species Ecology

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