Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0877384

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0877384

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Lizard social networks and the spread of parasites. Australian ecosystems are continually threatened by new epidemics of diseases and parasites, some local, others from overseas. Examples include the facial tumours of Tasmanian devils and the fungus that threatens many native frog species. To manage these epidemics effectively, we must understand how they spread through animal populations. This project will help to protect our fauna from invasive diseases. It contributes to sustaining the biodiversity of the country. With better knowledge of how diseases of wildlife spread, we can develop more effective control of those diseases thereby protecting wildlife species, animal populations and, ultimately, Australian ecosystems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2008

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Infectious Agents | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Disease distribution and transmission | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological sciences | Disease distribution and transmission | Evolutionary Biology | Infectious Agents | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology

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