Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110103168

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP110103168

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Origins of a biodiversity hotspot flora: diversification of the Australian Proteaceae. Why does Australia's only biodiversity hotspot, with nearly 3000 endemic plant species, occur in an area with poor soils and low rainfall? This project will analyse DNA sequences from over 1000 plant species of the Australian Proteaceae, many found only in this hotspot, to help us understand the evolutionary and ecological origins of this iconic flora.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-02-2011

End Date: 31-07-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $390,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Molecular Evolution | Plant Systematics and Taxonomy | Speciation and Extinction | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas at Regional or Larger Scales | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Molecular Evolution | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Plant Systematics and Taxonomy | Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas at Regional or Larger Scales | Speciation and Extinction | Terrestrial Ecology

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