Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP160101728

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP160101728

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Breeding echidnas in captivity. This project aims to provide novel insights into the cryptic and secretive mode of the reproduction of echidnas, and enable development of reliable methods for breeding them in captivity. There has not been a sustainable breeding program for echidnas in any zoo world-wide. This is needed because most studies on echidnas have all been field-based, and so not open to manipulation to answer key questions relevant to their conservation and survival. Using novel scientific results on the short-beaked echidna, the project will provide new knowledge relevant to monotreme conservation, research and education, and enable the development of reliable methods for breeding the critically endangered, long-beaked echidna in captivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 27-12-2017

End Date: 31-07-2022

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $575,127.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Wildlife and Habitat Management | Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Animal Developmental and Reproductive Biology | Conservation and Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Wildlife and Habitat Management

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