Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101382]
Researchers:
Nicotra, Adrienne
(Chief Investigator)
,
Prof Justin Borevitz
(Chief Investigator)
,
Saul Cunningham
(Chief Investigator)
,
Susanna Venn
(Chief Investigator)
,
ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985
(Funded by)
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Brief description Drivers of phenotypic evolution in a vulnerable alpine ecosystem. This project aims to deliver a comprehensive, integrated understanding of the capacity for resilience and drivers of response of highly vulnerable alpine species and communities to climate change. The project aims to determine how communities of interacting alpine plants, soil invertebrates and microbes can cope with or evolve to novel climatic conditions. The mountains are water towers critical to power supply and Australia's agricultural productivity. Understanding physiological tolerance and the potential for rapid evolutionary responses of plants, animals and communities is necessary to predict impacts of climate change on the future productivity of the vulnerable Australian Alps and to provide novel options for climate adaptation.
Funding Amount $478,077
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101382
- ARC : DP200101382