Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0452475

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0452475

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Desert island biogeography: vertebrate dynamics after fire-induced fragmentation of habitat in central Australia. Recent wildfires in the Simpson Desert have burnt over three million hectares of hummock grassland, creating an archipelago of unburnt spinifex islands amid extensive areas of bare sand. Small mammals and reptiles are now confined to these refugia. This project seeks to characterise the patchy distributional pattern of terrestrial vertebrates among spinifex islands, and to experimentally evaluate factors (grazing, predators, food) influencing community recovery. Using an extensive prefire database, the project provides an unique and novel opportunity to chart and model responses of terrestrial vertebrates to wildfire, and to provide guidance for sustainable use of biodiversity in central Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2004

End Date: 31-03-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $600,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Biogeography | Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Control of pests and exotic species | Living resources (flora and fauna)

Other Keywords

Biogeography | Conservation And Biodiversity | Control of pests and exotic species | Ecology | Land and water management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Terrestrial Ecology

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