Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0771387

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0771387

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How do characteristics of seeds and landscape heterogeneity determine plant spread in new environments? Climate change and exotic invasions are among the greatest threats to Australia's, and the world's, biodiversity. Under a rapidly changing climate many Australian plant species will have to spread across a fragmented landscape to persist. In order to contain or eradicate invasive plant species we need to know how they will spread in novel landscapes. We will develop models which will be used for invasive plants to predict ecological and evolutionary responses to novel landscapes and novel dispersers and for native plants to predict their spread in to fragmented landscapes. These models can be used to prioritise management actions for species of most conservation concern, and predict how far and fast invasive species will spread.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-07-2007

End Date: 11-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $790,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Management And Environment | Conservation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of pests and exotic species | Softwood plantations | Global climate change adaptation measures |

Other Keywords

Conservation | Control of pests and exotic species | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Environmental Science and Management | Global climate change adaptation measures | Management And Environment | Softwood plantations

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