Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160100279

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160100279

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Predicting invertebrate life cycles under variable climates. This project seeks to characterise and predict the responses of invertebrates to climate variability and climate change. Alterations to the developmental trajectory are a major way that organisms adapt their life cycles to climatic variability. Many invertebrates avoid extremes of heat, cold and dry by entering a quiescent or diapause state, often at the egg stage. This project plans to apply novel high-throughput methods for characterising developmental patterns in the eggs of invertebrates in conjunction with microclimate models and modern phylogenetic methods to understand and predict responses to climatic variability. The methods are expected to be transferable to other invertebrates and may lead to breakthroughs in pest management and conservation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 30-03-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $360,800.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Ecology | Ecological Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) |

Other Keywords

Ecological Physiology | Ecology | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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