CSG Student Research Assistance Scheme Projects

CSG Student Research Assistance Scheme Projects

Project  09/1
Applicant Ruchira Somaweera (Australia)
Institution/s School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
Project Title Minimizing the impact of cane toads on Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) using Conditioned Taste Aversion Learning.
Status Ongoing
Project  09/2
Applicant Matthew Shirley (USA)
Institution/s Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University of Florida
Project Title Crocodile conservation in the Congo Basin. This study will capitalize on an integrated field and molecular ecological approach to unravelling the mysteries of the Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
Status Complete      Final Report   
Project  09/3
Applicant Melina Simoncini (Argentina)
Institution/s CIC y TTP (CONICET); Proyecto Yacaré
Project Title Study on the effects of climatic variables on reproduction of adults and on hatchling sex (considering TSD) in Caiman latirostris in Santa Fe Province
Status Complete      Final Report
Project  09/4
Applicant Virginia Parachu Marco (Argentina)
Institution/s Proyecto Yacaré; Cordoba University
Project Title To establish the effect of red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) on Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) reproduction
Status Ongoing
Project  09/5
Applicant Ayari Maria Rojano Marin (Colombia)
Institution/s Universidad del Atlántico
Project Title Evaluation of the conservation program for the Babilla (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) as a strategy for sustainable use of wetlands in the Department of Atlántico
Status Ongoing
Project  09/6
Applicant Lizette Bekker(South Africa)
Institution/s University of Pretoria
Project Title Steroid profiling in crocodilian urine and plasma by gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry
Status Ongoing
Project  09/7
Applicant Fang Zhang (China)
Institution/s College of Life Science, Anhui Normal University
Project Title Conservation of Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) based on the community participatory approach
Status Complete
Project  09/8
Applicant Patricia Amavet(Argentina)
Institution/s Proyecto Yacaré; Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Project Title Examine the mating system in Caiman latirostris wild populations, and analyze the existence of reproductive behavior of multiple paternity using primers for amplifications of microsatellite markers, which are invaluable tools in the study of variability and mating systems
Status Ongoing
Project  09/9
Applicant Pablo Siroski(Argentina)
Institution/s Proyecto Yacaré; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina); Department of Chemistry, McNeese State University (USA)
Project Title Isolation and characterization of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in caiman leukocytes
Status Ongoing
Project  09/10
Applicant Gisela Poletta(Argentina)
Institution/s Proyecto Yacaré; Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Project Title Evaluation of pesticide effects on environmentally-exposed wild Caiman latirostris populations: genetic, physiological and development alterations
Status Ongoing
Project  09/11
Applicant Rheyda Hinlo(Philippines)
Institution/s Massey University (New Zealand)
Project Title Population structure and genetic variation in the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis)
Status Ongoing
Project  09/12
Applicant Kevin Wallace(South Africa)
Institution/s Imperial College (London); University of Stellenbosch (SouthAfrica)
Project Population ecology and human-crocodile conflict of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Lower Zambezi River
Status Complete      Final Report
Project  09/13
Applicant Roberta Rocha da Silva Leite (Brazil)
Institution/s Universidade Federal do Pianui
Project Title Etnoecology and conservation of Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in the Ilha Grande Municipality, northeast Brazil
Status Complete      Final Report
Project  09/14
Applicant Ricardo Freitas Filho (Brazil)
Institution/s Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Project Title Adaption of Caiman latirostris to urban, rural and coastal habitats - population dynamics, reproduction and diet
Status Ongoing
Project  09/15
Applicant Mike Vandewege(USA)
Institution/s Texas Tech University
Project Title Population genetics of the Brown caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) on Coiba
Status Ongoing
Project  09/16
Applicant Luz Barrantes(Costa Rica)
Institution/s University of Florida
Project Title Evaluation and management of the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) population in the Tempisque basin, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Status Ongoing
Project  09/17
Applicant Vincent Shacks(South Africa)
Institution/s Rhodes University
Project Title Accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) as a consequence of aerial spraying to eradicate tsetse fly from the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Status Ongoing
Project  09/18
Applicant Kristian Pahl (Germany)
Institution/s Alexander Koenig Research Museum (Bonn); Cologne Zoo
Project Title Natural history of the Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)
Status Ongoing
Project  09/19
Applicant Ashley Pearcy(Netherlands)
Institution/s Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Project Title Ecological and conservation implications of skull morphometrics in sympatric species of crocodilians
Status Ongoing
Project  09/20
Applicant Dusty Savage (USA)
Institution/s McNeese State University
Project Title Nest defence strategies of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Status Ongoing
Project  09/21
Applicant Alejandro Villegas (Mexico)
Institution/s Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco
Project Title Genetic structure and flow of genes of Crocodylus moreletii in Mexico
Status Ongoing
Project  10/08
Applicant Louis La Grange (South Africa)
Institution/s University of KwaZulu-Natal
Project Title Evaluation of Trichinella predilection sites in relation to infection intensity in Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Status Ongoing
Project  10/09
Applicant Diego Ortiz (Ecuador)
Institution/s Pontificia Universidad Ecuador
Project Title Population monitoring of Black caiman Melanosuchus niger and Spectacled caiman Caiman crocodilus in the Amazonian basin of Ecuador
Status Ongoing

   

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