How environmental change drives the origin and decline of biodiversity. This project aims to measure the effects of past environmental change on the emergence of biodiversity in Indo-Australasia. By i

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How environmental change drives the origin and decline of biodiversity. This project aims to measure the effects of past environmental change on the emergence of biodiversity in Indo-Australasia. By integrating high-resolution reconstructions of past environments and new simulation models, this project expects to generate new knowledge on the way biodiversity develops in a mega-diverse and climatically dynamic region. Anticipated outcomes include: an open-source historical environmental database, innovative new methods and software tools for the global research community, and a deeper understanding of the responses of organisms to environmental change. Significant benefits include identifying groups of species that have been vulnerable to historical environmental change to help predict future vulnerability.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 3104 - Evolutionary Biology. Lead: Dr Alexander Skeels