Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100100672

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP100100672

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Genetic Rescue of Australia's Arid Zone Plants. Many Australian arid zone plant species have been severely damaged by grazing, loss of pollinators and other impacts and cannot survive without urgent intervention. Some exist as small fragmented populations with too little genetic variation to reproduce or adapt to further environmental change. We propose to combine surveys of genetic (DNA) diversity and the reproductive status of populations in order to identify species that could be saved by a process of ‘genetic rescue’. Genetic rescue will involve experimental pollinations to produce highly fit seedlings and later transplanting of these seedlings to augment genetically deficient populations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2010

End Date: 31-12-2014

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Population Ecology | Ecology | Ecological Applications not elsewhere classified | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Rehabilitation of degraded sparseland

Other Keywords

Ecological Applications not elsewhere classified | Ecology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Population Ecology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Rehabilitation of degraded sparseland | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas

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