Can coastal floodplains of north Australia survive ferals and rising seas?

澳大利亚北部的沿海洪泛区能否在狂暴和海平面上升的情况下幸存下来？

• 批准号: LP190100590
• 负责人: Dr Emilie-Jane Ens
• 金额: $ 35.62万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-11-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP190100590
• 关键词: coastal; floodplains; north; Australia; survive

Tropical Coastal Floodplains are an iconic feature of northern Australia; however, they are experiencing widespread degradation due to complex interactions between feral ungulates and relative sea level rise. Using cross-cultural multidisciplinary methods, this project will discover if feral ungulate control by the Aboriginal Yirralka Rangers will reduce vegetation decline and erosion and enhance floodplain resilience to sea level rise. This project will provide significant new data to inform feral ungulate management strategies as well as coastal carbon models as these processes are likely to create a carbon source rather than sink. Our collaborative science will have local to national benefits for natural and cultural resource management.

热带沿海洪泛区是澳大利亚北方的一个标志性特征;然而，由于野生有蹄类动物和相对海平面上升之间的复杂相互作用，它们正在经历广泛的退化。利用跨文化多学科方法，该项目将发现，如果野生有蹄类动物的土著Yalka游骑兵控制将减少植被衰退和侵蚀，并提高洪泛平原恢复海平面上升。该项目将提供重要的新数据，为野生有蹄类动物管理战略和沿海碳模型提供信息，因为这些过程可能会产生碳源而不是汇。我们的合作科学将为自然和文化资源管理带来地方到国家的利益。