Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0343673
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Ecological and evolutionary impacts of toxic prey. The current invasion of feral cane toads into the Australian wet-dry tropics provides a unique opportunity to study natural selection in action. These highly toxic anurans kill many of the predators that attempt to ingest them. Within two years, the toads will reach a floodplain near Darwin where we are conducting a longterm (already, > 15-year) ecological research program on snakes. The knowledge and data base resulting from this program, plus many thousands of individually-marked predators whose home ranges and demographic histories are known, provide a unique opportunity to examine the ecological and evolutionary impact of toads.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 12-2007
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $925,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Terrestrial Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Conservation And Biodiversity | Ecology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of pests and exotic species | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Living resources (flora and fauna)
