Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170101253

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170101253

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Minimising adaptation to captivity for conservation of threatened species. This project aims to determine how evolutionary processes affect the successful release of captive animals. Five years ago the Tasmanian devil was destined for extinction, but scientists now believe they can prevent this. However, they have put all their eggs in one basket – a large captive insurance population which acts as a source for the wild. Adaptation to captivity can have negative consequences for released animals and could threaten the devil programme. Using massive molecular datasets and computational models, this project intends to evaluate different captive breeding scenarios and identify optimal management practices. This will provide environmental policymakers with a new framework for protecting threatened species in Australia and around the world.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-05-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $415,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Conservation and Biodiversity | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Genetics | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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