Current projects
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| HSF 03-5 | Preparation & publication of a reference book on pathology of Australian wildlife species | P W Ladds | Department of Environmental Sciences & Management, Southern Cross University | $43,550 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 03-7 | Development of a surrogacy program to accelerate breeding in the critically endangered Gilberts potoroo | D A Taggart | Royal Zoological Society of South Australia | $83,469 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 03-14 | Relationships of the Austral family Lepidoziaceae | E Brown | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $56,302 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 04-3 | Host-parasite -environment interactions for Cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus bacillisporus in Australia | M Krockenberger | Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide | $78,009 | Jan '05-Jan'08 |
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| HSF 04-9 | Reconstruction of drought history in eastern Australia using limestone cave deposits | R Drysdale | Environmental Sciences Group, University of Newcastle | $53,500 | Jun '04-Jun '05 |
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| HSF 05-1 | Why do red algae lose their sexuality and where has it occurred? | J West | School of Botany, University of Melbourne | $75,000 | Jul '05-Jul '08 |
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| HSF 05-2 | Systems for the environmentally safe and humane control of Indian Mynas | C Tidemann | School of Resources, Environment & Society, Australian National University | $75,000 | Jul '05-Jul '08 |
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| HSF 05-9 | Exploring the undiscovered microbial diversity on marine surfaces | S Egan | School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales | $62,568 | Jul '05-Jul '08 |
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| HSF 06/1 | Life cycles and tropic interactions of Tasmanian coastal zooplankton | K Swadling | Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania | $82,120 | Jul '06-Jul '09 |
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| HSF 06/2 | Mechanical and enzymatic digestion of cellulose by animals | S Linton | School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | $72,970 | Jul '06-Jul '09 |
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| HSF 06/8 | Linking habitat fragmentation and disease: the major histocompatibility complex class II and its role in disease of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) | D Higgins | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sydney | $87,000 | Jul '06-Jul '09 |
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| HSF 06/10 | The behavioural ecology and conservation of a mulga-dependent, cooperatively-breeding Australian passerine: The Hall's babbler (Pomotostomus halli) | R Kingsford/D Portelli | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Science, UNSW |
$44,370 | Jul '06-Jul '09 |
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| HSF 06/11 | Effects of foliage chemistry and habitat fragmentation on the distribution of arboreal marsupials. | D Lindenmayer/K Youngentob | Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, ANU | $29,160 | Jul '06-Jul '08 |
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| HSF 07/1 | Speciation in the Australian flora: testing explanatory hypotheses in waratahs and their allies | M Rossetto/P Weston | National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens Trust | $78,800 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/2 | Fine-scale habitat mapping of threatened reptiles in the Queensland Brigalow Belt using new generation radar remote sensing and high spatial resolution imagery | A Apan | Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments, University of Southern Queensland | $47,000 | Jul'07 - Jul '09 |
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| HSF 07/3 | Developing optimal methods for the culture of host sea anemones | P Harrison/A Scott | School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University | $14,404 | Jul '07 - Jul '08 |
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| HSF 07/4 | Plant evolution: a new model of plant architecture based on primitive land plants | A Drinnan | School of Botany, University of Melbourne | $76,595 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/5 | Measuring fitness loss in captive breeding programs: Implications for threatened species recovery | T Jessop | Department of Wildlife, Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria | $75,600 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/6 | Molecular phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Australia's largest genus of Myobatrachid frog | S Keogh | School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University | $58,410 | Jul'07 - Jul '09 |
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| HSF 07/7 | The New Guinea-Australia nexus: Using molecular approaches to probe biogeographical relationships between Australian and New Guinean freshwater turtles | A Georges | Institute of Applied Ecology, The University of Canberra | $88,397 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/8 | Conservation of the endangered loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta): Correlations between environmental contaminants, genetic origin, health and hatching success of Western Australian populations | K Warren | School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University | $54,200 | Jul'07 - Jul '09 |
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| HSF 07/9 | Investigation into gastrointestinal absorption of xenobiotics by the koala | M Govendir | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Sydney | $69,000 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/10 | The impact of cane-toads on the crocodiles and trophic cascades of freshwater ecosystems in the Northern Territory | M Letnic | School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney | $40,000 | Jul'07 - Jul '09 |
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| HSF 07/11 | Modelling impacts of climate change on ectotherm vertebrates | E Wapstra | School of Zoology, The University of Tasmania | $63,740 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/12 | Forecasting impacts of changing detrital biodiversity on Australia's estuarine ecosystems | B Kelaher | Department of Environmental Science, University of Technology Sydney | $88,141 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 07/13 | How baby fish find a home: orientation by reef-fish larvae in the pelagic environment | J Leis | Australian Museum | $59,000 | Jul '07 - Jul '10 |
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| HSF 08/1 | The molecular evolution of cephalopod venoms | B Fry | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne | $88,190 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/2 | Sexual selection in the sea: female promiscuity and male sperm competition in squid | D Stuart-Fox | Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne | $76,544 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/3 | Wildlife disease surveillance in Victoria: Identifying diseases in wildlife populations | I Beveridge | Veterinary Clinical Centre, University of Melbourne | $87,746 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/4 | Individual responses to habitat heterogeneity: consequences for spatial population dynamics and landscape management | S Banks | The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University | $79,329 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/5 | Using livestock guardian dogs for dingo management and biodiversity conservation in Australia | C Johnson | School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University | $82,880 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/6 | Swamp wallaby: keystone mycophagist in a fragmented landscape? | K Vernes | Vertebrate Ecology Ecosystem Management, University of New England | $52,729 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/7 | Cladistic biogeography of the true bugs of Australia (Insecta: Heteroptera) | G Cassis | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales | $88,704 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/8 | Human disturbance, mangrove invasion and the structure of endangered salt marsh | T Minchinton | Institute for Conservation Biology & School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong | $76,560 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/9 | The role of cracking clay soils in maintaining biodiversity in South Australia's rangelands and implications for sustainable management of arid zone landscapes | S Petit | School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia | $64,765 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/10 | Understanding the origins of the Australian flora by integrating molecular phylogenies and fossil data in the Proteaceae | D Cantrill | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne | $88,900 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
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| HSF 08/11 | Reviving ecological functioning with dingo restoration | A Wallach | School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University | $88,680 | Jul '08 - Jul '11 |
| HSF 09/1 | Are groundwater inputs driving de-oxygenation, acidification and eutrophication in northern NSW rivers and estuaries? | I Santos |
Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University | $81,410 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 09/2 | Assessing the response of the lizard fauna of Lord Howe Island to the removal of introduced rats | M Thompson | School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney | $84,060 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 09/3 | Conservation ecology of the White-fronted Chat - a declining bird in an endangered ecological community | R Major | Australian Museum | $79,166 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 09/4 | Acacia systematics and development of a model system for co-evolutionary studies | J Miller | Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry | $60,000 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 09/5 | Unlocking century-scale climate signals using daily stem growth and wood property responses in native Tasmanian rainforests | G Downes | CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems | $72,500 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 09/6 | How abalone fall in love: tracking down the pheromones involved in sex attraction | S Cummins | School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland | $17,000 | Jul '09 - Jul '10 |
| HSF 09/7 | Characterising heat production in plants: mechanisms and its role in pollination | R Miller | School of Biological Sciences, Monash University | $81,000 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 09/8 | Control of the plant pathogen, Phytophthora | P Beech | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | $72,695 | Jul '09 - Jul '12 |
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