Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP200100832

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP200100832

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Funded Activity Summary

The sparrows in the mining towns: a century of adaptation to contamination. Our research will characterise how contamination from the extraction of precious metals can spread through the environment and how it effects a highly urbanised bird – the house sparrow. In many cases, populations of these birds have been intimately associated with mining operations for over a century, and our recent work has provided evidence of adaptation over time. House sparrows provide a great natural system to understand the genetic potential of organisms to adapt to anthropomorphic change in the environment connected with the resources industry. Our work, will bring new insight into the future management of environmental contamination, and the mitigation of adverse effects arising from resource extraction.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2020

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $520,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Life Histories | Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Mining Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Biological Adaptation | Evolutionary Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Life Histories | Mining Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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