A climatic or tectonic control on early primate dispersal? A new approach to investigate species dispersal in deep time

Project description

Investigating the mechanisms that underpin large-scale species dispersal

Recent studies show that the distribution of many modern terrestrial species can be explained by several episodes of large-scale dispersal and that these episodes will become more numerous under climatic stress. However, their underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. The EU-funded DISPERSAL project will investigate the origins and mechanisms of large-scale dispersal by using the ancient dispersal of Asian primates and other mammals to South America as a case study. Research will focus on resolving how these mammals dispersed across seaways and continents and on modelling the external forcing mechanisms that render large-scale dispersal non-random.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › zoology › mammalogy › primatology
• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › palaeontology

Keywords

• Biogeography
• Primate evolution
• paleoclimate
• tectonics

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• ERC-2021-COG - ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS

Call for proposal

ERC-2021-COG

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Funding Scheme

ERC - Support for frontier research (ERC)

Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

Net EU contribution

€ 1 999 773,00

Address

Rue Michel Ange 3
75794 Paris
France

Region

Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris

Activity type

Research Organisations

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Other funding

€ 0,00