Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE170101116
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Adaptations in Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease. This project aims to understand how defence mechanisms against infectious diseases arise and evolve in nature. Infectious diseases exert strong evolutionary pressures on populations, forcing the development of adaptive strategies to fight the costs of infection. The project aims to determine individual differences in response to infection and how these affect population-scale transmission and evolutionary dynamics under natural and managed scenarios. This is expected to reveal populations’ adaptive capability and resilience against diseases and the effects of management interventions in controlling disease outbreaks and preventing population declines or extinctions.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2017
End Date: 07-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $370,159.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Host-Parasite Interactions | Conservation and Biodiversity | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species at Regional or Larger Scales | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
