Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200102645
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Linking individual traits, the gut microbiome and parasite load in wildlife. This project aims to apply principles of community ecology to the gut microbiome of an urban exploiter – the common brushtail possum - to reveal how animal traits influence individual variation in the load of gut parasites that cause disease in both humans and wildlife. By combining assays defining the behavioural and physiological states of individuals with sophisticated analyses of their gut microbiome, our project will provide a new, yet crucial, perspective on how and why diseases spread. Our discoveries will help understand and manage the burden of infectious diseases from parasites in and beyond our cities and across the human-wildlife interface; essential for improving human and wildlife health in an increasingly urbanised Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2020
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $504,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Microbial Ecology | Terrestrial Ecology | Host-Parasite Interactions | Ecology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Urban and Industrial Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
