Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100209]
Researchers:
Adrian Manning
(Chief Investigator)
,
Philip Barton
(Chief Investigator)
,
Sam Banks
(Chief Investigator)
,
Sue McIntyre
(Chief Investigator)
,
ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985
(Funded by)
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Brief description Bringing back Australia's lost woodland biodiversity: towards strategic multi-species reintroductions. Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinction of any continent on the planet. This has reduced biodiversity and compromised many important ecological processes. What is the best way to re-build depauperate mammal communities with multi-species reintroductions? What effects do multi-species reintroductions have on recipient ecosystems? This project aims to explore these questions by reintroducing three mammal species to a critically endangered temperate woodland: a carnivore (the eastern quoll), an insectivore (yellow-footed antechinus), and a herbivore (the eastern chestnut mouse). Results from this sequenced multi-species reintroduction experiment will have broad applicability to ecosystem restoration in Australia and overseas.
Funding Amount $557,981
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100209
- ARC : LP140100209