Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770660

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770660

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Unravelling the last great Gondwanan mystery: the first land vertebrate fauna from the Tertiary of New Zealand. This project will dramatically increase knowledge about Australia's and New Zealand's shared biodiversity and the history of trans-Tasman dispersals. By comparing Australian and New Zealand fossil records, it will be possible to assess the speed at which evolving vertebrates of one landmass invade another, as well as the biotic consequences of such events, and provide data important for predicting and responding to future potentially-damaging events of this kind. Developing understanding about the timing and intensity of antipodean faunal response to past climate change will improve ability to anticipate and manage processes that threaten ecosystem resilience in both lands.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $513,902.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Conservation And Biodiversity | Biogeography | Environmental Science and Management | Palaeontology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding other countries | Environmental education and awareness | Climate change |

Other Keywords

Biogeography | Climate change | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental education and awareness | Palaeontology | Understanding other countries

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