Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE200100157

Funded Activity Summary

Breaking the link between predators and bushfire for fauna conservation. This project aims to quantify how bushfires amplify the impacts of invasive predators (feral cats and foxes) on native fauna. Through innovative field experiments and empirical modelling, this project expects to generate new knowledge in the key areas of wildlife conservation, fire ecology and invasive species management. Expected outcomes of this project include transformative insights into how threats interact to influence biodiversity and greatly enhanced capacity to manage bushfires and invasive predators. These advances should provide significant benefits, including improved conservation of threatened species, advances in ecological theory and improved capacity to predict and respond to environmental change.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-06-2020

End Date: 14-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $426,343.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Wildlife and Habitat Management | Environmental Science and Management | Conservation and Biodiversity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Land and Water Management |

Other Keywords

Conservation and Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Land and Water Management | Wildlife and Habitat Management

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