ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT170100004

Funded Activity Summary

Impacts of global environmental change on biodiversity of tropical savannas. This project aims to predict the biodiversity consequences of a global trend of increasing woody cover in tropical savannas. Believed to be driven by a combination of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration, climate change and management actions including fire suppression and cattle grazing. Expected outcomes are the integration of a range of modelling approaches to predict long-term impacts of environmental change on savanna biodiversity and the identification of land-use and management strategies to best mitigate these impacts. Likely benefits are an improved understanding of trade-offs between alternative land-uses in the savannas, including biodiversity conservation, fire management for carbon credits, and cattle grazing.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-09-2017

End Date: 31-08-2021

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $692,830.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity | Landscape Ecology | Global Change Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Forest and Woodlands Land Management | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Forest and Woodlands Land Management | Global Change Biology | Landscape Ecology

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