Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1095972

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1095972

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Insect herbivore and plant responses in eucalypt forests under climate change at physiological, species and community scales. Understanding the drivers for insect populations and vulnerabilities to climate change are the first steps to predicting adaptation and mitigation strategies to minimise impacts of climate change on forest biodiversity. Our research will quantify the outcome of climate change on the still neglected but important insect community associated with eucalypts in Australian forests. These insect communities are widespread, diverse and quintessential for the Australian economy and ecology. Apparent climate change is expected to cause biodiversity shifts, leading to outbreaks and extinctions of insects in eucalypt forests. Negative outcomes of impacts could also include the accumulation of leaf litter, increasing bush fire activity in the future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 26-06-2010

End Date: 25-06-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $305,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Pests, Health And Diseases | Management And Environment | Forestry Sciences | Global Change Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Native forests | Control of pests and exotic species | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |

Other Keywords

Control of pests and exotic species | Forestry Sciences | Global Change Biology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Management And Environment | Native forests | Pests, Health And Diseases

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