Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180103844

Funding Activity

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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP180103844

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Does dynamic ecological change cause rapid evolution? This project aims to increase understanding of how Australia’s native biota responds to rapid environmental changes. Abrupt environmental change has the potential to drive rapid evolution, which may facilitate species persistence in the face of novel challenges. This project will use long-term genomic data to quantify rates of evolutionary change in species living in arid environments, whose populations fluctuate markedly in response to rainfall variation. By measuring the pace of genomic change in these species, and the evolutionary processes driving that change, this project will reveal species’ evolutionary responses to major environmental fluctuations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $530,496.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Biological Adaptation | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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