Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/A/S/2001/00581
Threatening processes and the conservation status of contemporary mammals.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor GM Mace, Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor A Purvis, The Natural History Museum, Life Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology, Institute of Zoology
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Community Ecology
- Systematics & Taxonomy
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Conservation Ecology
- Abstract:
- Evidence for high species extinction rates emphasises the need to identify priority areas and taxa where conservation action will be most efficient. Most studies use simple counts of species and threats, but extinction is complex and results from interactions between environmental and biological factors, and dynamics that vary with taxon, location and circumstance. We propose to characterise these interactions and to develop predictive models of processes affecting population declines in mammals. Using new compilations of phylogenetic and conservation data we will address the following: 1) what is the balance of human pressures versus biological characteristics in explaining the distribution of threat among mammals?, 2) Do correlates of threat differ among radiating versus declining clades?, 3) where are the global hotspots of threatened phylogenetic diversity?
- NERC Reference:
- NER/A/S/2001/00581
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Standard Grant
This grant award has a total value of £172,719
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £110,889 | £3,981 | £3,841 | £51,009 | £3,000 |
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