Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0346918

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0346918

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Complex system dynamics: restoring riparian and riverine ecosystems. Attempts to restore damaged ecosystems reveal inadequacies in theories describing ecosystem structure and function. For rivers, it is unclear whether theories relating to fluvial geomorphology and ecosystem dynamics are adequate to predict system trajectories following restoration. We will use empirical data on a degraded river to develop cross-scale models of system function, and predict ecosystem structure and dynamics following restoration. Following revegetation of riparian habitats and replacement of large woody debris in in-stream habitats of the river, we will test theoretical predictions about changes to physical processes, biotic community assemblage rules and food webs to develop improved ecosystem-based restoration guidelines.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $1,280,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Terrestrial Ecology | Ecology | Geomorphology | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Rehabilitation of degraded farmland | Rehabilitation/reafforestation |

Other Keywords

Ecology | Freshwater Ecology | Geomorphology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Rehabilitation of degraded farmland | Rehabilitation/reafforestation | Terrestrial Ecology

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