Current projects

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Number Title Leader Institution Amount

(Aus)

 Period
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 09/4 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 09/8 Megaloastia: a most extraordinary jumping spider P Taylor Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University $44,901 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 10/3 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 10/7 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
APSF 11/1 Beyond barcoding: understanding biodiversity in diverse frontier for tropical biology P Oliver Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne $41,845 Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
APSF 11/2 Revisiting interactions between Jumping plantlice and eucalypts using a high-tech experimental approach M Steinbauer Department of Zoology, La Trobe University $35,500 Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
APSF 11/3 Does salinity constrain locomotor performance in free-ranging sharks? Functional morphology and behavioural ecology of sharks occurring along a salinity gradient. A Gleiss Centre for Fish and Fisheries, Murdoch University $10,500 Jul 2011 - Jul 2012
APSF 11/4 Conservation and management of an endangered marsupial, the sandhill dunnart, in a semi-arid environment S Carthew School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide $30,300 Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
APSF 11/5 Like father, like son: is male courtship performance heritable? A Wignall Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University $15,870 Jul 2011 - Jul 2013
APSF 11/6 Connectivity and conservation of seamount corals K Miller Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania $25,370 Jul 2011 - Jul 2013
APSF 11/7 Comparative transcriptome sequencing for identification of Australian pest fruit flies K Raphael School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales $44,010 Jul 2011 - Jul 2014
APSF 11/8 Why are there so few hybrids in the Green-eyed Treefrog hybrid zone? Resolving the role of behaviour versus genetics C Hoskin School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University $27,800 Jul 2011 - Jul 2013
APSF 12/1 Regeneration and recovery dynamics of lowland tropical forests in the Solomon Archipelago W Laurance Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University $36,000 Jul 2012 - Jul 2015
APSF 12/2 The history of giants - population genetics of the world's largest raptor M Knapp Department of Anatomy, University of Otago $24,000 Jul 2012 - Jul 2014
APSF 12/3 Revisiting an old hypothesis: Aboriginal plant exploitation during the Holocene in West Arnhem Land T Denham School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University $28,500 Jul 2012 - Jul 2014
APSF 12/4 Vocal learning in a highly promiscuous Australian songbird M Hall Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne $41,500 Jul 2012 - Jul 2015
APSF 12/5 Investigating the impact of seismic surveys on threatened sea snakes in Australia's North West Shelf K Sanders School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide $24,300 Jul 2012 - Jul 2015
APSF 12/6 Ecological and biogeographic underpinnings of spectacular diversification of murine rodents in Australasia (Sulawesi) K Rowe Museum Victoria $36,000 Jul 2012 - Jul 2015
APSF 12/7 Killing with kindness? Removing introduced fishes may amplify parasitic infections in native fishes S Beatty School of Biology, Murdoch University $29,000 Jul 2012 - Jul 2015
APSF 12/8 It's not all peachy: what is the adaptive role of colour change in frogs? M Bulbert Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University $31,000 Jul 2012 - Jul 2015
APSF 13/1 Systematics of New Guinean frogs J Menzies Jordan Laboratory, University of Adelaide $1,930 Jul 2013 - Jul 2014
APSF 13/2

The response of frog communities to forest disturbances and fragmentation in Papua New Guinea

 C Dahl New Guinea Binatang Research Center $26,000 Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
APSF 13/3 From Lapita to Liturgy: the archaeological and environmental history of the three millennia of human settlement of Aneityum, southern Vanuatu M Spriggs School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University $27,000 Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
APSF 13/4 DNA metabarcoding for monitoring cryptic rainforest fauna in Papua New Guinea M Ziembicki Centre for Tropical Environmental & Sustainability Science, James Cook University $28,000 Jul 2013 - Jul 2015
APSF 13/5

Are lizards toast? Climate warming, fire and lizard extinctions in the Australian arid zone

 M Kearney Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne $41,500 Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
APSF 13/6 Canopy soil microhabitats: microbial communities take to the trees? D Orlovich Department of Botany, University of Otago $41,500 Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
APSF 13/7 Management trials of Australian insects threatened with coextinction M Moir School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia $39,600 Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
APSF 13/8 Conserving endemic tropical lowland forest bats in the western Solomon Islands D Fisher School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland $23,000 Jul 2013 - Jul 2015