Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557794

Funded Activity Summary

A modelling analysis of the implications of biogenic feedbacks on environment for the adaptation of ecosystems. The sustainable management of Australia's living resources depends critically on a deep understanding of the fundamental properties of ecosystems. These properties will determine the response of an ecosystem to perturbation. Anthropogenic perturbation of ecosystems, whether instantiated by living resource harvesting, habitat destruction, species invasions, pollution or climate change, is the greatest current threat to Australia's biodiversity and hence the continued functioning of the systems that we rely on for maintaining our environment in a habitable state and for providing economic benefit. This research will attempt to discover some of these properties, and assess their implications for the sustainably management of our environment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 01-02-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $77,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecosystem Studies And Stock Assessment | Global Change Biology | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |

Other Keywords

Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified | Ecosystem Studies And Stock Assessment | Evolutionary Biology | Global Change Biology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species)

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