Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0667029

Funded Activity Summary

Beyond discrete landscape metrics: spatial analysis tools and surface textural measures for quantifying gradients in landscape structure. The project will make an important contribution to an Environmental Sustainable Australia, especially the sustainable use and management of Australia's biodiversity. The focus is Australia's biodiversity hotspots in northern Australia, where fauna species are threatened as a result of habitat modification and biological invasions. The landscape analysis tools and supporting knowledge will allow for more effective landscape-level conservation strategies to be developed in northern regions by assisting researchers and managers to answer key questions about how to manage the structure of native vegetation for the long-term conservation of fauna populations. The project will also deliver benefits for conserving marine biodiversity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-04-2006

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $380,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Spatial Information Systems | Landscape Ecology | Geomatic Engineering | Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas

Other Keywords

Geomatic Engineering | Landscape Ecology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Spatial Information Systems

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