Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0986142

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0986142

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Re-evaluating the role of tannins in Australian forest ecosystems. As atmospheric CO2 concentrations rise, eucalypts will respond by decreasing the amount of protein in the leaves and increasing the concentrations of toxins called tannins. Together this will have the effect of making the leaves harder for herbivores to eat and slower to break down on the forest floor. We have developed a new way of measuring these effects and will use it to show which eucalypt communities climate change will most affect and so which forests will become less able to support fauna. Apart from contributing to the better management of Australian forests, this project also enhances the National Carbon Accounting System by measuring how tannins influence litter decomposition and explaining the link with leaf chemistry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $262,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Ecology | Global Change Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Climate change | Ecology | Global Change Biology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Terrestrial Ecology

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