Current projects

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Number Title Leader Institution
Amount

(Aus)

 Period
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
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
HSF 03-9  How landscapes influence speciation and biodiversity: comparative phylogeography of freshwater turtles in the Kimberley N FitzSimmons Applied Ecology Group, the University of Canberra $49,120 Apr '03-Apr '05
HSF 03-14  Relationships of the Austral family Lepidoziaceae E Brown Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney $56,302 Apr '03-Apr '06
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
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
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
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
HSF 05-3 Mechanism of weed invasion in coastal ecosystems C French School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong $75,000 Jul '05-Jul '08
HSF 05-6 The scent of Australia: Eucalyptus oil genes for environmental management and biodiversity W Foley School of Botany & Zoology, Australian National University $75,000 Jul '05-Jul '08
HSF 05-7 Revising "Birds of New Guinea" field guide B Beehler Conservation Internaitonal $30,000 Jul '05-Jul '07
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
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
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
HSF 06/3 Are populations of marine invertebrates around the southern coast of Australia reproductively incompatible with each other? C Styan School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University $59,630 Jul '06-Jul '08
HSF 06/4 Assessing the impacts of inorganic carbon availability on coral bleaching P Ralph/L Buxton Institute for Water and Environmental Resource Management, University of Technology, Sydney $26,890 Jul '06-Jul '08
HSF 06/7 Adaptations to the nitrate reductase from the deep-sea dwelling bacterium, Shewanella benthica R Codd School of Chemistry, University of Sydney $58,980 Jul '06-Jul '08
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
HSF 06/9 Determining the Australian east coast grey nurse population size and structure using archival and contemporary photographic images and visual surveys M Bennett/C Bensemer School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland $52,540 Jul '06-Jul '08
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
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
HSF 07/1 Speciation in the Australian flora: testing explanatory hypotheses in waratahs and their allies M Rossetto National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens Trust $78,800 Jul '07 - Jul '10
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
HSF 07/3 Developing optimal methods for the culture of host sea anemones P Harrison School of Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University $14,404 Jul '07 - Jul '08
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
HSF 08/9 The role of cracking clay soils in maintining bidiversity 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
HSF 08/10 Underatanding 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
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