Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT160100113]Researchers: Daniel Falster (Future Fellowship)
Brief description Australian and global plant diversity from first principles. This project aims to explain the composition of vegetation in Australia and worldwide using ecological and evolutionary first principles. Researchers have studied how climate shapes vegetation for centuries, but still lack a basic quantitative theory predicting what types of plants should be found where and why. Combining first principles models, statistics and large Australian data synthesis, this project will determine whether vegetation structure and diversity is predictable and thus improve predictive models. Predicting the long term effects of evolutionary adaptation and humans on ecosystems could enable the management of terrestrial carbon and underpin effective ecosystem management and restoration.
Funding Amount $802,332
Funding Scheme ARC Future Fellowships
- ARC : FT160100113
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT160100113
