Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0559867
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Inbreeding and Amphibian Decline: from an Individual to a Global Perspective. Amphibian decline is not a phenomenon unique to overseas continents and countries. In the long line of research papers addressing this issue in the best science journals (e.g., Nature and Science), Australian frog decline has even been singled out for specific coverage. This project targets the interplay between habitat fragmentation, loss of genetic variation (inbreeding), and its effects on UV and pathogen resistance in a laboratory model system. It integrates three disciplines (immunobiology, evolutionary genetics, and conservation biology) to resolve fundamental aspects of the drastic, ongoing disappearance of the most significant ecological indicator taxa known today (amphibians).Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2005
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $460,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Population And Ecological Genetics | Ecology And Evolution Not Elsewhere Classified
