Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160103765]Researchers: A/Prof William Cornwell (Chief Investigator) , Jeff Powell (Chief Investigator) , A/Prof Amy Zanne (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Closing the carbon cycle: an ecological understanding of wood decay. The project aims to understand the controls on the return of carbon to the atmosphere within forests, especially focusing on this problem from a microbial perspective. Microbial dynamics and wood decay are crucially important for the global carbon cycle. What the field is lacking is a trait-based ecology of wood decomposers. The project plans to examine the interactions among fungal and oomycete endophytes and decomposers through a series of experiments. The expected outcome of this project is a clear understanding of the role of traits in wood decomposer communities, especially their influence on priority effects, competitive hierarchies, and the resultant wood decay rate.
Funding Amount $324,700
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160103765
- ARC : DP160103765