Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0562265]
Researchers:
Alison Shapcott
(Chief Investigator)
,
Distinguished Professor Kerrie Mengersen
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Andrew Lowe
(Chief Investigator)
,
Associate Professor Craig Hardner
(Partner Investigator)
,
Dr Arnon Accad
(Partner Investigator)
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Brief description National Macadamia Conservation Program. Macadamia is a national icon, and the only indigenous Australian plant food crop to be commercialised. However, it is vulnerable to extinction in the wild, needing conservation action. University, government, industry and community sectors will work together applying cutting edge research methodologies to produce a systematic conservation and recovery plan for Macadamia. This requires: Habitat modelling to predict past, contemporary and potential distributions for advising resource discovery and rehabilitation; Genetic variation modelling to assess quality and distinctness of native genetic resources and potential for rehabilitation by natural colonisation; and Developing a unifying statistical framework to support this work.
Funding Amount $72,444
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP0562265
- ARC : LP0562265