Conservation Biology Grant
This NCSSA funded and administered grant was initiated by us in 2003. Each year we offer honours and post-graduate students the opportunity to apply for grant funding of up to $2000 to support their research into aspects of conservation biology.
Funds are available for research which is aimed at: improving understanding of the conservation status of species or ecological communities; providing recommendations for improvement of some aspect of biodiversity conservation; understanding the ecology of species or communities; and understanding threats to biodiversity and management of those threats.
Previous recipients to date:
YEAR |
RECIPIENT |
INSTITUTION |
PROJECT |
2018 |
Claudia Santori | The University of Sydney | Influence of captivity on habitat choice of head-started juvenile Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii) |
2018 |
Briony Chamberlayne | The University of Adelaide | Establishing ecologiocal baselines through bivalve geochemistry |
2017 |
Ellen Freeman |
The University of Adelaide |
Diet of wild deer in South Australia |
2017 |
Juliana Silva |
The University of Adelaide |
Gorse-mediated changes in soil during biological invasion |
2017 |
Tahlia Perry |
The University of Adelaide |
Developing molecular indicators for the health and reproduction of our iconic Australian echidnas |
2016 |
Marlee Crawford |
The University of Adelaide |
Combining genetics and bioclimatic modelling to inform sandalwood management. |
2016 |
Ben Parslow |
Flinders University |
Biodiversity, systematics and host associations of Australian Gasteruption |
2016 |
Hannah Bannister |
The University of Adelaide |
Factors influencing the population persistence of brushtail reintroduction into a semi-arid environment. |
2015 |
Tamara Burt |
Flinders University |
Identifying the impact(s) of blood parasites in declining Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) populations of South Australia |
2015 |
Jack Tatler |
The University of Adelaide |
The influence of poison baiting history on ecosystem functioning: Does baiting for dingoes cause a loss in biodiversity? |
2015 |
John McDonald |
The University of Adelaide |
Genetic divergence of endangered southern Australian chenopods. |
2014 |
Giulia Ghedini |
The University of Adelaide |
Preserving subtidal forests: the ecological value of intact kelp forests. |
2014 | Steffi Graaf | Flinders University | Is there potential to conserve declining little penguin populations in the Gulf St Vincent? |
2014 | Angharad Johnston | Flinders University | Generating genomic tools to assist future conservation of the pygmy bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua adelaidensis). |
2013 | Chris Brauer | Flinders University | Conservation Genomics of Re-introduced Pygmy Perch in the Lower Murray River. |
2013 | Nahid Shokri Bousjein | Flinders University | Assessing extinction risks of rare South Australian bees in the Adelaide Hills - Mount Lofty Ranges. |
2013 | Amy Slender | Flinders University | Song fidelity, habitat boundaries and genetics of the threatened Thick-billed Grasswren. |
2012 | Rebecca Dew | Flinders University | Conservation threats to the South Australian Bee, Exoneurella tridentata from declining recruitment of Western Myall. |
2012 | Maria Louter | University of South Australia, Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment | Ecological light pollution: Effects on the ecology of Adelaide’s amphibian fauna. |
2012 | Sarah Pearson | Flinders University | Utilising scats to examine social structure and genetic diversity in a group living lizard. |
2011 | Ryan Baring | Flinders University | An investigation of the role that floating macrophytes play as a habitat for juvenile fish from source to sink. |
2011 | Sarah Catalano | University of Adelaide | Dicyemid parasite diversity in South Australian cephalopod species as a tool to explore species status in Sepia apama (Giant Australian Cuttlefish). |
2010 |
Victoria Marshall |
University of Adelaide |
Mapping/modelling the distribution of invasive weed, Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris). |
2009 |
Jessica Newton |
Flinders University |
Fire as a management tool for the restoration of senescent plant communities: with particular reference to the re-establishment of insect-animal interactions after burns. |
2009 |
Laura Falkenberg |
University of Adelaide |
Interactions between global- and local-scale stressors: consequences for marine assemblages of rocky temperate coasts. |
2009 |
Vicki Thompson |
University of Adelaide |
Diet analysis and phylogeographic structure of the locally extinct Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) of southern Australia. |
2008 |
Udani Sirasena |
University of Adelaide |
Systematic studies on Thysanotus R. Br. (Fringe Lilies). |
2008 |
Melissa Schlein |
Flinders University |
Pollination biology and ecology of saltmarsh communities in S.A. (with a focus on the impacts of introduced plants, Limonium spp.). |
2007 |
Jennifer Munro |
University of Adelaide |
Flinders Ranges Scorpion (Urodacus elongatus). |
2007 |
Wahi Afzan Azmi |
University of Adelaide |
Effect of the removal of exotic willows on the invertebrate communities in the River Murray, SA. |
2006 |
Annette Scanlon |
University of South Australia, School of Natural & Built Environments |
Diet and Activity of Urban Insectivorous Bat populations and management of their habitat for conservation in the City of Adelaide, South Australia. |
2006 |
Diane Colombelli- Negrel |
School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide |
Video monitoring of nest predation events in the Superb Fairy-wrens. |
2005 |
Karleah Trengove |
University of Adelaide, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
The Effect of Population Density on the Burrow Occupancy and Reproductive Condition of the Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis). |
2005 |
Deb Frazer |
University of South Australia, School of Natural and Built Environments |
The role of Xanthorrhoea semiplana (grass trees) as refuges for native vertebrate wildlife in selected parks in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. |
2005 |
Elisa Sparrow |
University of Adelaide, Department of Environmental Biology (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences) |
The effect of population fragmentation and isolation on the reproductive biology, genetic status and population viability of wombats (Vombatus ursinus and Lasiorhinus latifrons) in South Australia. |
2004 |
Paul Oliver |
South Australian Museum |
Systematics and phylogeography of stone geckos (Diplodactylus vittatus complex). |
2004 |
James Weedon |
University of Adelaide, School of Earth and Environmental Science |
Response of annuals to spatial heterogeneity in a semi-arid woodland. |
2004 |
Emily Moskwa |
University of Adelaide, Geographical and Environmental Studies |
Ecotourism as a means of encouraging ecological recovery and conservation in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. |
2003 |
Matthew Ward |
University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Mistletoes in eucalypt woodlands of Mt Lofty Ranges. |
2003 |
Joanne Lee |
University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
The importance of Hypogeal fungi in the diet of re-introduced brushtailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata). |
2003 |
Timothy Moulds |
University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Guanophillic arthropod ecology and conservation in bat caves, Flinders Ranges. |
2003 |
Megan Fowler- Walker |
University of Adelaide, Environmental Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Predicting ecological outcomes of human activities: interactive effects on marine biodiversity. |