Current projects
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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 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 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 09/7 | 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 |
| HSF 10/1 | Constructing a comparative reference collection of phytoliths from north Queensland vegetation | L Wallis | Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland | $50,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/2 | Elucidating the molecular basis of Phytophthora zoospore motility: identifying the protein composition of flagellar hairs | A Hardham | Research School of Biology, Australian National University | $82,920 | Jan '11 - Jan '14 |
| HSF 10/3 | Invasional meltdown: does invader-invader mutualism facilitate secondary invasions in rainforest on Christmas Island? | P Green | Department of Botany, La Trobe University | $75,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/4 | Box jellyfish toxins: investigating novel protein structure and function | D Brinkman | Australian Institute of Marine Science | $75,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/5 | Can the fig-fig wasp pollination mutualism persist in a fragmented landscape? | C Gross | School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England | $80,306 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/6 | Conserving Australia's resident shorebirds | M Weston | School of Life and Environmental Sciences Deakin University | $26,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '12 |
| HSF 10/7 | The knowledge-base of navigation and foraging tactics in Australian Jack Jumper ants | A Narendra | Research School of Biology, Australian National University | $84,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/8 | Conservation genetics of tree-kangaroos | M Eldridge | Australian Museum | $75,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/9 | Molecular investigations into Winter mortality disease of Saccostrea glomerata (Sydney rock oyster) | C Jenkins | Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (Industry and Investment NSW) | $23,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '11 |
| HSF 10/10 | Unravelling the multiple levels of prey naivete to alien predators in Australian critical weight range mammals | P Banks | Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW | $75,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/11 | The ontogeny of vocal communication in host-parasite systems | S Kleindorfer | School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University | $67,700 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 10/12 | Integrating silk biomechanics and spider ecology to understand spider web | A Harmer | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $50,000 | Jul '10 - Jul '13 |
| HSF 11/1 | Plumbing the depths of tall trees: quantifying the hydraulic structure and function of deep roots | P Grierson | School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia | $63,800 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/2 | Phylogenetic patterns in snow gum eucalypts as indicators of past cold-climate refugia in south-east Australia | M Bayly | School of Botany, University of Melbourne | $67,985 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/3 | Do arid-zone ants undergo boom-bust population fluctuations in response to the El Nino Southern Oscillation? | H Gibb | Department of Zoology, La Trobe University | $83,770 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/4 | Triple jeopardy in the tropics: assessing extinction risk in Australia's freshwater biodiversity hotspot | S Swearer | Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne | $75,000 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/5 | The physiology of biome shifts and macroevolutionary change: How did Australian skinks colonise the arid zone so successfully? | B Goodman | School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide | $75,000 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/6 | Did Dingoes colonise Australia once or were there multiple introductions with seafaring traders? | W Ballard | School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales | $26,900 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/7 | Understanding colony collapse: a social analysis of honey bee colony failure | A Barron | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $67,352 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/8 | Exploring the taxonomy, distribution and evolution of a unique subterranean fauna: amphipod crustaceans from the Yilgarn region of central Western Australia | R King | South Australian Museum | $53,380 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/9 | Pleistocene vertebrate trackways of Australia: documentation and significance at the continental scale | G Prideaux | School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University | $82,748 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/10 | Can excluding toads from water provide biodiversity benefits for arid Australia | M Letnic | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales | $54,580 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 11/11 | Adding value to cattle hides through improved control strategies that reduce damage from Demodex (follicular mange mite) infestations | J Larsen | The Mackinnon Project, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Melbourne | $86,414 | Jul '11 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 12/1 | A unique non-human model for the evolution of musical tool use: drumming by the palm cockatoo | R Heinsohn | Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University | $78,891 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/2 | Molecular taxonomy and phylogeography of stygofauna across alluvial and hard-rock groundwater ecosystems in eastern Australia | J Hughes | Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University | $51,882 | Jul '12 - Jul '14 |
| HSF 12/3 | Protecting the biodiversity of mound springs of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley Region. | B Pusey | Centre for Excellence in Natural Resource Management, University of Western Australia | $49,447 | Nov '12 - Nov '15 |
| HSF 12/4 | Relationships and reproduction - Floral development and phylogeny in Australian sedges (Cyperaceae, Mapanioideae): implications for the evolution of the monocot flower | J Bruhl | School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England | $67,500 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/5 | Improving the success of captive breeding and reintroduction programs for endangered species through mate choice | M Magrath | Department of Wildlife Conservation and Science, Zoos Victoria | $77,000 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/6 | Extreme reproductive conflict: sexual cannibalism, female deception and the evolution of male mate choice | K Barry | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $48,843 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/7 | Understanding the role of the ecological and social environment in the evolution of complex communication in peacock spiders | M Kasumovic | School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales | $50,000 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/8 | Evolutionary developmental biology of the mammalian middle ear: using virtual reconstruction to integrate development and biomechanics | V Weisbecker | School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland | $65,353 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/9 | Energetic consequences of antipredator behaviour in small mammal prey | C Turbill | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney | $55,500 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
| HSF 12/10 | Shopping for tenants: does co-evolutionary addiction and symbiont meltdown leave jumping plant lice in need of new microbial partners? | M Riegler | Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney | $78,000 | Jul '12 - Jul '15 |
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