Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0986537

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0986537

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Understanding and managing resistance to the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Australian tropical rainforest frogs. The fungal disease chytridiomycosis can infect at least 48 Australian native frog species and is listed as a threatening process under the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. It caused catastrophic declines in 12 frog species in Queensland between 1979 and 1994, and is probably responsible for continuing declines in many more species in most states. A few species and populations have recovered following declines, indicating that they have increased their resistance to the disease. Understanding these increases in resistance should allow us to develop ways to control the disease in other species, helping to protect Australia against this invasive and highly destructive disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-2009

End Date: 12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $490,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of pests and exotic species | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

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