Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0776927
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Are frogs in fragmented lowland rainforest especially susceptible to both disease and climate change? On a world scale, amphibian declines have been especially severe in Australia. Major causes of amphibian declines here are disease and habitat destruction. Our project will significantly advance our knowledge of frogs in coastal lowland rainforest. These frogs are a key to understanding the evolution of disease resistance to the amphibian disease fungus, and they are also likely to experience severe impacts from climate change. Thus, studies in this region will allow us to better understand the mechanisms responsible for frog declines in Australia. Also, this project will be useful to industries constructing infrastructure in rainforest, allowing an assessment of the impacts of works on already stressed frog populations.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2008
End Date: 03-2011
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $98,299.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Terrestrial Ecology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Living resources (flora and fauna) | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas
