Current projects

(this table includes three Pacific Biological Foundation projects which are now being funded by the APSF)

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Number Title Leader Institution Amount

(Aus)

 Period
APSF 05/1 Systematics & evolution of Australasia's oldest lizard radiation: the Diplodactyline geckos P Doughty Western Australian Museum $29,700 Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
APSF 05/6 Revisionary studies on Syzygium and allies (Myrtaceae) in Papua New Guinea, with an emphasis on recently collected materials L Craven Australian National Herbarium, CPBR, CSIRO Plant Industry $ 5,256 Jul 2005 - Jul 2006
APSF 06/6 Development of a genetic/morphological databank for the identification of wild eggs of Australian marine fishes F Neira Tasmanian Aquaculture & Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania $41,500 Jul 2006 - Jul 2009
APSF 07/1 Distribution, phylogeny and biogeography of venomous snakes in Papua New Guinea K Winkel Pharmacology Department, University of Melbourne $39,000 Jul 2007 - Jul 2010
APSF 07/2 To sea, or not to sea: Flexible life history strategies in diadromous fishes A Hicks & G Closs Department of Zoology, University of Otago, NZZ $36,994 Jul 2007 - JJul 2010
APSF 07/3 Investigating the co-extinction of Australian insects on threatened plants P Vesk Botany Department, University of Melbourne $35,000 Jul 2007 - Jul 2010
APSF 07/5 Does the landscape matrix of native Eucalyptus deglupta plantations, logged-over and primary rainforest on the Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, provide sustainable habitat for local wildlife? S Turton Australian Tropical Forest Institute, James Cook University $22,000 Jul 2007 - Jul 2009
APSF 07/8 Fungal foliar endophytes for the biological control of Phytophthora palmivora diseases of Theobroma cacao D Guest Faculty of Agriculture Food & Natural Resources, University of Sydney $18,265 Jul 2007 - Jul 2009
APSF 08/2 Comparative mechanics of shark feeding behaviours as revealed by high resolution 3-D computer simulation S Wroe School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales $38,829 Jul 2008 - Jul 2011
APSF 08/3 Bioaccumulation and formation of arsenicals in tropical shallow reef organisms B Maher Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Canberra $45,000 Jul 2008 - Jul 2011
APSF 08/4 Nutrient cycling in Port Phillip Bay: The role of sedimentary protozoa in nitrification and denitrification J Shimeta School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University $30,000 Jul 2008 - Jul 2010
APSF 08/5 Sexual conflict and sympatric speciation in the Pacific N Tatarnic School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales $44,580 Jul 2008 - Jul 2011
APSF 08/6 Gene flow in Australian sexually-deceptive orchids M Whitehead School of Botany & Zoology, Australian National University $30,000 Jul 2008 - Jul 2010
APSF 08/7 The role of natural sunscreens for the control of ultgraviolet radiation damage in reef fish U Siebeck School of Biomedical Science, University of Queensland $28,500 Jul 2008 - Jul 2010
APSF 09/1 Reproductive ecology of the eastern long-beaked echidna, Zaglossus bartoni S Nicol School of Zoology, University of Tasmania $44,310 Jul 2009 - Jul 2012
APSF 09/2 Diseased blue copepods in intermittent estuaries in southern Australia P Jones School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University $14,962 Jul 2009 - Jul 2010
APSF 09/3 Should I stay or should I go? Identifying pathways of larval dispersal in a temperate reef fish S Swearer Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne $28,000 Jul 2009 - Jul 2011
APSF 09/4 Effects of native omnivores on invertebrate biodiversity and function: an experimental approach H Gibb Department of Zoology, La Trobe University $43,100 Jul 2009 - Jul 2012
APSF 09/5 Male hip-pocket frogs call together - brothers or competitors? M Mahony School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle $13,132 Jul 2009 - Jul 2010
APSF 09/6 Phylogeography of Eucalyptus deglupta F Udovivic Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne $29,978 Jul 2009 - Jul 2011
APSF 09/7 Why so blue? Colour change in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) M Herberstein Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University $11,780 Jul 2009 - Jul 2011
APSF 09/8 Megaloastia: a most extraordinary jumping spider P Taylor Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University $44,901 Jul 2009 - Jul 2012
APSF 09/9 The distribution, abundance and diversity of the Lapita Cultural Complex along the Great Barrier Reef coastline in the third millennium BP M Felgate Anthropology Department, University of Auckland $40,000 Jul 2009 - Jul 2012
APSF 10/1 Role and conservation of flying fox biodiversity for Fiji's rainforest health S Petit School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia $39,000 Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
APSF 10/2 Biological field research training for PNG university students B. Gamui Papua New Guinea Institute of Biological Research Inc $10,000 Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
APSF 10/3 Detoxification of organic compounds by the Malpighian tubules of insects S Linton School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University $18,018 Jul 2010 - Jul 2012
APSF 10/4 Conservation of four rare, endemic and iconic Fijian tree species G Keppel Department of Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Curtin University of Technology $40,000 Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
APSF 10/5 A dingo for the modern age? M Crowther School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney $28,160 Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
APSF 10/6 Gene flow, adaptation and speciation in Antarctic octopus: consequences of climate change J Strugnell Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University $10,000 Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
APSF 10/7 Native bees in the South Pacific - taxonomy, diversity, conservation and potential roles in agriculture M Schwarz Biological Sciences, Flinders University $45,000 Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
APSF 10/8 Comparative spatial analysis of species biodiversity and life history evolution in Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds J Dale Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University $30,000 Jul 2010 - Jul 2013
APSF 10/9 Sex, symbiosis and "she-males". Probing the bizarre reproductive manipulations imposed by bacterial endosymbionts upon Australian butterflies D Kemp Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University $41,187 Jul 2010 - Jul 2013