Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0772854

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0772854

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Resource patchiness, dispersal and species co-occurrence: an experimental and levels-of-evidence approach in some lowland streams. Millions of dollars are being spent on rehabilitating river ecosystems that have often been highly simplified by human activities. It is important that such rehabilitation be well-grounded in sound ecological knowledge. We will test how the availability of essential resources of food and living space affect the identity and density of species present. We expect to provide practical advice allowing managers to enhance biodiversity in streams surrounded by, and serving, agricultural areas. Likewise, we will be able to advise on the consequences of excessive water extraction on the likely success of such rehabilitation in rivers with highly variable flows.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $255,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Landscape Ecology | Ecology | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Ecology | Freshwater Ecology | Land and water management | Landscape Ecology | Living resources (flora and fauna)

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