Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0662752

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0662752

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How do plants cope with temporal variability in water and nutrients? Australia's climate and weather are temporally variable, yet we know little of how Australia's flora is affected by temporally variable vs constant supplies of water and nutrients. In addition, climate change will affect our flora by, among other things, increasing temporal variability in water and nutrient availability. This program of research will provide basic data on growth responses to variable vs. constant water and nutrient availability. Hence, results will be directly applicable to predicting the effects of climate change on growth, species' distribution and community composition. This research will also improve our basic understanding of limitations to photosynthesis, transpiration and nutrient uptake/assimilation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-06-2006

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $820,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Ecology | Global Change Biology | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Biological sciences | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Ecology | Global Change Biology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Plant Physiology | Terrestrial Ecology

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