Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451944

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451944

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Refining Restoration Ecology: Is Range of Historical Variability an appropriate concept to guide ecosystem management and restoration? Ecosystem restoration is an urgent task in many Australian landscapes. Range of Historical Variability (RHV) theory provides an influential but largely untested framework to guide restoration activities. We will test the RHV proposition that biodiversity conservation is enhanced if the structure of altered ecosystems is restored within the pre-settlement range. Plants, vertebrates and invertebrates will be compared between ?unrestored? Callitris woodlands dominated by post-settlement regrowth, and ?restored? stands where regrowth has been reduced within the RHV. This will be the first test of RHV theory to encompass a range of taxonomic and functional groups at both local and landscape scales.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2004

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $50,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Landscape Ecology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Landscape Ecology | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Terrestrial Ecology

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