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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP190101861
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
The role of pollutants and emerging diseases in endangering a global migratory flyway. This project aims to investigate the role of chemical pollution on disease susceptibility and survival in shorebirds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). Among all long-distance migratory birds, the more than eight million shorebirds along the EAAF have notably been hit hard by global change, with population declines up to 80%. This project will use data from birds on their Asian migratory stopover sites, data from seven years of blood and virus samples, and 38 years of banding data collected while staying on the Australian non-breeding grounds. The project will provide essential data for developing mitigation strategies to help curb the populations’ demise, while informing on the effects of pollution on the role of migrants in disease spread.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2019
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $487,790.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Population Ecology | Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
