Completed Projects

Jul 05

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Understanding the ecology of tick host interactions: black rats as drivers of urban tick dynamics.

HSF 21075 | Project Leader: P Banks | Amount: $84,000

A project undertaken at The University of Sydney, and supervised by Prof Peter Banks. Ticks are ectoparasites that can affect cause health problems in wildlife, humans and pets, particularly in...

Jul 03

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Unlocking the hydrological history of Australia’s arid zone

HSF 21073 | Project Leader: R Drysdale | Amount: $83,000

A project undertaken at The University of Melbourne, and supervised by Prof Russell Drysdale. Australia's iconic arid zone hosts a uniquely adapted flora and fauna, and a geology and geomorphology...

Jun 09

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High and Dry: Understanding alpine plant water stress in a drying climate

HSF 21069 | Project Leader: S Venn | Amount: $82,000

A project undertaken at Deakin University, and supervised by Dr Susanna Venn. Australia’s alpine regions are generally considered to be cold, wet and snowy places. However, the last decade of...

May 04

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Robust measures of antipredator behaviour in Australia’s critical weight range mammals

HSF 21054 | Project Leader: N Mitchell | Amount: $63,000

A project undertaken at The University of Western Australia, and supervised by Dr Nicola Mitchell. Australia has the worst record of mammal extinction of any continent. Increasingly, in order to...

May 03

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Ecological feedbacks facilitating resilience and restoration of kelp forests

HSF 21053 | Project Leader: S Bennett | Amount: $82,000

A project undertaken at the University of Tasmania, and supervised by Dr Scott Bennett. The Kelp forests cover 1/3 of the worlds coastlines and provide critical services that benefit ecosystems...

Apr 07

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Temperature stress on ants: can behaviour mitigate consequences for colony survival.

HSF 21047 | Project Leader: T Ord | Amount: $67,000

A project undertaken at the University of New South Wales, and supervised by A/Prof Terry Ord. Temperature is a critical factor impacting the behaviour of ectotherms. Meat ants are an...

Apr 01

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Using soil resilience to test sustainable carrying capacities of reintroduced soil foraging mammals

HSF 21040 | Project Leader: D Eldridge | Amount: $83,000

A project undertaken at the University of New South Wales, and supervised by Dr David Eldridge. The reintroduction of locally extinct vertebrates into former or novel habitats is an increasingly...

Mar 04

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Green History – southern beeches and the role of vulcanicity in shaping the modern Australian flora

HSF 21034 | Project Leader: A Rozefelds | Amount: $82,000

A project undertaken at the Queensland Museum, and supervised by Dr Andrew Rozefelds. Fossil rainforest floras from northeastern Australia range in age from 35-20 million years and are a treasure...

Dec 06

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Quantifying forest mortality after unprecedented drought and bushfires in Eastern Australia.

HSF 20126 | Project Leader: R Nolan | Amount: $83,538

A project undertaken at Western Sydney University, and supervised by Rachael Nolan Over 7 million hectares were burnt by bushfires across eastern and south-eastern Australia during the unprecedented 2019-20 Black...

Nov 04

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Establishing the response of Eastern Antarctic soil microbiomes to a changing climate.

HSF 20114 | Project Leader: B Ferrari | Amount: $83,200

A project undertaken at University of NSW, and supervised by Belinda Ferrari Much is known about the existential threat of climate change to plants and animals. But by comparison, we...

Completed Projects