Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102861

Funded Activity Summary

Latitudinal gradients and beyond: understanding the drivers of global patterns in plant ecology. There are astonishing gaps in our understanding of global patterns in the way plants grow, and the factors that underlie these patterns. We don’t know whether mean climatic conditions or extreme events are more important in shaping plant traits. We don’t know which environmental variables are most important in shaping most aspects of plant ecological strategy, and we don’t know what shape the relationship between latitude and most plant traits takes. This project will address these knowledge gaps, substantially improving our ability to predict the potential impacts of climate change on plants, and providing the basis for exciting new theory about the mechanisms driving the evolution of plant form and function in Australia, and around the world.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 19-03-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $323,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Biogeography and Phylogeography | Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Terrestrial Ecology

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