Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170101681

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170101681

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Multi-trait plasticity in response to a changing climate. This project aims to understand the effect of climate change on natural populations. Phenotypic plasticity (the ability to change phenotype with environment) determines natural populations’ immediate response to environmental change. However, studies of plasticity frequently rely on simplifying assumptions, and understanding the genomic and epigenomic mechanisms underlying plasticity is only just emerging. This project will combine a fine-scale temperature-manipulation experiment with genomic and multivariate statistical analyses of a native Australian alpine plant. The intended outcome is a comprehensive analysis of whether multi-trait phenotypic plasticity is adaptive; whether it can evolve; and the epigenomic mechanisms that drive it. The project will predict the likely effect of temperature change on alpine plants, and so generate information internationally relevant to the management of populations adapting to climate change and locally relevant to the conservation of Australian montane flora.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2017

End Date: 29-09-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $459,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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