Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100837

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100837

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How complex species interactions mediate plant community diversity. This project aims to manage and protect biodiversity under global change by adding biological realism to mechanistic diversity models. Species interactions are central to understanding biodiversity at local to regional scales. Most diversity models assume that direct competition captures all salient details of species interactions, while more complex species interactions are unimportant. This unsupported, pervasive assumption has major consequences for how diversity is predicted and explained. This study will combine field experiments on plant species’ responses to climate and land use changes with a modelling framework. Expected outcomes include improving the ability to manage invasive species and to protect biodiversity under conditions of global environmental change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 12-02-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $447,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Population Ecology | Ecology | Community Ecology | Invasive Species Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments |

Other Keywords

Community Ecology | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Ecology | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Forest and Woodlands Environments | Invasive Species Ecology | Population Ecology | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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