Grants

The aim of this project is to produce a Fungimap Fact Sheet Database on the Fungimap website http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/fungimap . Fact sheets will contain information on more than 100 Australian fungi species. The material will provide general education about fungi, and is obtained through non-specialised community input. The Fungimap Fact Sheet Database forms part of the large Fungimap project which produces CD roms, newsletters, and website facilities.

PhD candidate, Achim Eberhart, aims to study landscape connectivity to determine a species' ability to move through habitat patches, and therefore, the effect landscape connectivity (bio-links, wildlife corridors) has on dispersal. Eberhart will use the Antechinus and bobuck in his study - species that respond to fragmentation of their habitat.

This project aims to access the use of fragmented Atherton Tablelands landscape by rainforest microbats - identifying roost sites, and to determine whether certain species cross fragmented landscapes and how far they will travel in the open. Presentations will be made to the community, and an inventory of bat species made, as well as a bat reference call library.

The 8th Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Conference 2007 is held every two years in December. This year's theme is "Pacific Priorities" focussing on the importance of invertebrate species to the preservation and sustainability of the ecosystems of the Pacific, sharing research and discoveries. .

The group will carry out a vegetation survey of diverse bushland in Augusta; to produce information materials; and to establish a Friends of the West Bay bushland group. The information materials include a scientific report on biodiversity, and a coloured brochure on the bushland.