Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100477

Funded Activity Summary

Quantifying climate change impacts for wetlands in agricultural landscapes. This project aims to quantify the impacts of changed water availability on wetland biodiversity. Research will focus on high conservation value wetlands in agricultural regions, which face significant climatic risk. Novel integration of biodiversity theory with hydroecological and spatial modelling is expected to generate new understanding of how water availability drives wetland diversity. Intended outcomes include new techniques to model wetland biodiversity, building of international collaborations and enhanced ability to support policy development to ameliorate climate-related wetland impacts. This should promote sustainable management of water and biodiversity in farmlands, benefitting productive capacity and environmental amenity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2024

End Date: 31-12-2026

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $449,592.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Climate change impacts and adaptation | Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation | Conservation and biodiversity | Modelling and simulation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Assessment and Management of Freshwater Ecosystems | Climate change impacts and adaptation | Conservation and biodiversity | Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation | Effects of Climate Change on Australia (Excl. Social Impacts) | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Biodiversity | Modelling and simulation

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