Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190102395

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190102395

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Funded Activity Summary

Are evolutionary refugia traps for endemic species? This project aims to determine whether species that have small geographic ranges and which live in historically stable refugia have evolved narrow climatic tolerances. The project will compare such species with more widespread, related species living in the same areas and combine field- and lab-based estimates of physiological tolerances with genomic estimates of population history and diversity. The expected outcome is to test the prediction from evolutionary theory that small-range, refugial species are intrinsically more sensitive to climatic change. The project expects to provide improved guidance for ecological management of biodiversity hotspots.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-03-2019

End Date: 31-05-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $422,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Physiology | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Biogeography and Phylogeography | Ecological Physiology | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

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