Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP150100501

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP150100501

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Controlling cane toads by turning their own weapons against them. This project aims to prevent cane toads, which are causing ecological havoc across tropical Australia, from breeding successfully. Attempts to control toad populations have had little impact, but recent research has revealed a new possibility — exploiting the toads' own weapons for intraspecific conflict. Larval cane toads compete intensely with other larval cane toads and as a result, have evolved a way to kill off their competitors. Toad tadpoles produce chemicals that have devastating effects on younger members of their own species, but not on native species. By deploying those chemicals, this project could develop a novel and powerful form of invader control.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $704,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecological Applications | Invasive Species Ecology | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Environments | Ecological Applications | Invasive Species Ecology

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