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Ethel Mary Read Research Grants - Past Awardees

2024
	*Understanding the ongoing decline of a threatened arid mesopredator – the kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)* Molly Barlow University of Adelaide Project abstract
	Examining the role of social behaviour in climate resilience Manuel Andres Sanchez Martinez James Cook University Project abstract
	Loss of song culture in the critically endangered regent honeyeater William Bray The Australian National University Project abstract
2023
	Eastern brown snake personality and movement behaviour in urban areas - snaking our way towards successful conflict-driven translocation Hannah Gerke The Australian National University Project abstract
	Investigating dolphin population ecology in south-east Queensland Georgina Hume University of the Sunshine Coast Report
2022
	Arid zone 'micro-bats' and fenced conservation reserves Oliver Aylen University of New South Wales Report
	Investigating fine-scale movements and behaviours of juvenile rays in a tropical estuary channel Jaelen Myers James Cook University Report
	*Red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura) Reintroduction to South Australia: History, Diet, Habitat Use and Genetics* Tessa Manning University of Adelaide Report
2021
	*Population Genetics of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Across Australia* Wilbur Ashley Macquarie University Report
	Strategically exploiting plant odours to manipulate mammalian herbivore foraging behaviours as a conservation tool Patrick Finnerty University of Sydney Report
2020
	Exploring the role of skin microbiota of the endangered Mixophyes fleayi as a potential defense against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Thais Sasso Lopes Griffith University Report
	Immunisations against the frog-killing chytrid fungus Anthony Waddle University of Melbourne Report
	The resilience of crown-of-thorns sea star larvae to the low-food conditions typical of coral reefs and implications for population outbreaks Dione Deaker University of Sydney Report
2019
	How are Australia's large reptiles adjusting to deal with a toxic invader? Lachlan Pettit University of Sydney Report
	Assessing causes of nest failure and measuring reproductive output in a suite of passerines endemic to Norfolk Island Alexandra Nance Monash University Report
	Investigating the impact of the amphibian composition on the recovery of an endangered frog Mixophyes fleayi Thais Sasso Lopes Griffith University Report
	*Harmless refugee or dangerous invader? Identification of fitness traits that allow the subtropical coral Pocillopora aliciae* to proliferate in Sydney Harbour** Jennifer Matthews University of Technology Sydney Report
2018
	Thirteen years after are Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins still calling estuaries home? Daniele Cagnazzi Southern Cross University Project abstract
	Do high testosterone levels lower fitness, and make male kangaroos more vulnerable to parasites? Maquel Brandimarti University of Sydney Project abstract
	*Influence of captivity on habitat choice of head-started juvenile Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii)* Claudia Santori University of Sydney Project abstract
2017
	Will feral cat control on Christmas Island release another invasive pest (black rats), with unintended consequences for endemic birds? Rosalie Willacy University of Queensland Report
2016
	Does mating system drive sperm morphology in a lizard complex? Rebecca Hobbs Taronga Conservation Society Australia Report
	Conservation genetics of the critically endangered red-finned blue-eye, Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis Elise Furlan University of Canberra Report
	Determining the diet of wild Tasmanian devils through stable isotope analysis (pilot project) Channing Hughes University of Sydney Project abstract
	Testing density-benefit relationships for invasive species: does black rat density influence their role as pollinators for Banksias? Amelia Saul University of Sydney Project abstract
2015
	Testing the decline, predicting the rarity and modelling for the future of the New Holland Mouse Phoebe Burns Museum Victoria Report
	Beyond the personality syndrome: correlation of physiology behaviour, and cognition in an invasive lizard Celine Goulet Monash University Project abstract
	Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and feral cats in the Tasmanian Midlands Rowena Hamer University of Tasmania Report
	Coral-algal dynamics under future carbon dioxide scenarios and eutrophication Elisa Bayraktarov University of Queensland Report
2014
	Penguin ectoparasites of the Southern Hemisphere Katherine Moon The Australian National University Report
	Adapting to roads: Can we help wombats survive the vehicle invasion? Georgeanna Story The Australian National University Report
2013
	Effects of climate change on native and exotic mussels: will it influence their role as bioengineers? Victoria Cole University of Sydney
	Energetic variability in toothed whales and relationships with a changing marine environment Viki Hamilton University of Tasmania

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Grants & Awards

Ethel Mary Read Research Grants - Past Awardees

**Understanding the ongoing decline of a threatened arid mesopredator – the kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)**

Examining the role of social behaviour in climate resilience

Loss of song culture in the critically endangered regent honeyeater

Eastern brown snake personality and movement behaviour in urban areas - snaking our way towards successful conflict-driven translocation

Investigating dolphin population ecology in south-east Queensland

Arid zone 'micro-bats' and fenced conservation reserves

Investigating fine-scale movements and behaviours of juvenile rays in a tropical estuary channel

**Red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura) Reintroduction to South Australia: History, Diet, Habitat Use and Genetics**

**Population Genetics of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Across Australia**

Strategically exploiting plant odours to manipulate mammalian herbivore foraging behaviours as a conservation tool

Exploring the role of skin microbiota of the endangered Mixophyes fleayi as a potential defense against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Immunisations against the frog-killing chytrid fungus

The resilience of crown-of-thorns sea star larvae to the low-food conditions typical of coral reefs and implications for population outbreaks

How are Australia's large reptiles adjusting to deal with a toxic invader?

Assessing causes of nest failure and measuring reproductive output in a suite of passerines endemic to Norfolk Island

Investigating the impact of the amphibian composition on the recovery of an endangered frog Mixophyes fleayi

**Harmless refugee or dangerous invader? Identification of fitness traits that allow the subtropical coral Pocillopora aliciae to proliferate in Sydney Harbour**

Thirteen years after are Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins still calling estuaries home?

Do high testosterone levels lower fitness, and make male kangaroos more vulnerable to parasites?

**Influence of captivity on habitat choice of head-started juvenile Murray River Turtles (Emydura macquarii)**

Will feral cat control on Christmas Island release another invasive pest (black rats), with unintended consequences for endemic birds?

Does mating system drive sperm morphology in a lizard complex?

Conservation genetics of the critically endangered red-finned blue-eye, Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis

Determining the diet of wild Tasmanian devils through stable isotope analysis (pilot project)

Testing density-benefit relationships for invasive species: does black rat density influence their role as pollinators for Banksias?

Testing the decline, predicting the rarity and modelling for the future of the New Holland Mouse

Beyond the personality syndrome: correlation of physiology behaviour, and cognition in an invasive lizard

Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and feral cats in the Tasmanian Midlands

Coral-algal dynamics under future carbon dioxide scenarios and eutrophication

Penguin ectoparasites of the Southern Hemisphere

Adapting to roads: Can we help wombats survive the vehicle invasion?

Effects of climate change on native and exotic mussels: will it influence their role as bioengineers?

Energetic variability in toothed whales and relationships with a changing marine environment