Adapting to a changing world: mothers as drivers of evolutionary change. This project will improve our understanding of how organisms will adapt to the unprecedented speed and magnitude of human-induced environmental change. By identifying how mothers modify their offspring to better match the prevailing environment, it will address the role of mothers in directing and accelerating adaptation in our changing world.
What drives parasite spread through social networks: lessons from lizards. Australia's biodiversity is continually threatened by new epidemics of local and foreign diseases and parasites. This project will enhance our understanding of how these diseases spread, allowing more effective controls to be developed to protect wildlife species, animal populations and, ultimately, Australian ecosystems.
Parasite transmission through social networks in the pygmy bluetongue lizard. Australia's biodiversity is continually threatened by new epidemics of diseases and parasites, some local, others from overseas. This project will provide information on how they spread so that more effective management of these diseases can be developed to protect wildlife species, animal populations and, ultimately, Australian ecosystems.