Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0880120

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0880120

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Megafauna and mega-extinction: assessing palaeocommunity change using dental complexity and shape analyses. This research will address an important issue of national interest - the causes of the extinction of the Australian megafauna. By furthering research on the causes of this historic event, valuable insights will be gained into possible causes of current extinction events and the future impact of climate change. It will bring to Australia new technologies and methods developed overseas by an Australian researcher, and put Australia at the forefront of several areas of research including 3D scanning and analysis. This project will form part of an international collaboration called the MorphoBrowser, an exciting advance in the study of biological diversity. This will help maintain Australia as a pre-eminent country for palaeontology research.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2008

End Date: 30-06-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $600,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeoecology | Ecology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Biological sciences | Earth sciences

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Earth sciences | Ecology | Palaeoecology

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