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Mitigating ecosystem impacts by improving the way we breed and manage devils.

Description: The Tasmanian ecosystem faces irreversible change due to the decline of the apex predator. An insurance population of Tasmanian devils has been established to prevent extinction of the species. Using the latest sequencing technologies the project aims to determine whether the Tasmanian ecosystem can be restored with Tasmanian devils that are more resilient to a changing environment by improving the way that devils are bred and managed in captivity.
Amount: A$514,600
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Linkage Projects
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2019-12-30
Investigator: Katherine Belov
Institution: The University of Sydney
Funded outputs count: 38
Funder award ID: LP140100508
OpenAlex ID: G6859957519
The current status of genetic monitoring in conservation introductions
2025 · Elspeth A. McLennan, Catherine E. Grueber, et al. · Conservation Science and Practice · 9
DNA metabarcoding reveals a broad dietary range for Tasmanian devils introduced to a naive ecosystem
2022 · Elspeth A. McLennan, Phil Wise, et al. · Ecology and Evolution · 16
Epigenetic clock and methylation studies in marsupials: opossums, Tasmanian devils, kangaroos, and wallabies
2022 · Steve Horvath, Amin Haghani, et al. · GeroScience · 21
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Post-release immune responses of Tasmanian devils vaccinated with an experimental devil facial tumour disease vaccine
2021 · Ruth Pye, Jocelyn Darby, et al. · Wildlife Research · 18
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How much is enough? Sampling intensity influences estimates of reproductive variance in an introduced population
2021 · Elspeth A. McLennan, Katherine Belov, et al. · Ecological Applications · 3
First evidence of deviation from Mendelian proportions in a conservation programme
2021 · Catherine E. Grueber, Katherine A. Farquharson, et al. · Molecular Ecology · 4
Genomics for conservation: a case study of behavioral genes in the Tasmanian devil
2021 · Luke W. Silver, Carolyn J. Hogg, et al. · Conservation Genetics · 4
Assessing evolutionary processes over time in a conservation breeding program: a combined approach using molecular data, simulations and pedigree analysis
2021 · Belinda R. Wright, Carolyn J. Hogg, et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation · 19
Characterization of reproductive gene diversity in the endangered Tasmanian devil
2020 · Parice A. Brandies, Belinda R. Wright, et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources · 8
A demonstration of conservation genomics for threatened species management
2020 · Belinda R. Wright, Katherine A. Farquharson, et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources · 69
Inbreeding depression in one of the last DFTD-free wild populations of Tasmanian devils
2020 · Rebecca M. Gooley, Carolyn J. Hogg, et al. · PeerJ · 9
Marsupial Gut Microbiome
2020 · Rowena Chong, Yuanyuan Cheng, et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 22
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Deciphering genetic mate choice: Not so simple in group‐housed conservation breeding programs
2020 · Katherine A. Farquharson, Carolyn J. Hogg, et al. · Evolutionary Applications · 5
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Mixing genetically differentiated populations successfully boosts diversity of an endangered carnivore
2020 · E. A. McLennan, C. E. Grueber, et al. · Animal Conservation · 66
The Value of Reference Genomes in the Conservation of Threatened Species
2019 · Parice Brandies, Emma Peel, et al. · Genes · 158
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Looking like the locals - gut microbiome changes post-release in an endangered species
2019 · Rowena Chong, Catherine E. Grueber, et al. · Animal Microbiome · 68
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A case for genetic parentage assignment in captive group housing
2019 · Katherine A. Farquharson, Carolyn J. Hogg, et al. · Conservation Genetics · 8
From reference genomes to population genomics: comparing three reference-aligned reduced-representation sequencing pipelines in two wildlife species
2019 · Belinda Wright, Katherine A. Farquharson, et al. · BMC Genomics · 76
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MHC-associated mate choice under competitive conditions in captive versus wild Tasmanian devils
2019 · Jenna Day, Rebecca M Gooley, et al. · Behavioral Ecology · 6
Fecal Viral Diversity of Captive and Wild Tasmanian Devils Characterized Using Virion-Enriched Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics
2019 · Rowena Chong, Mang Shi, et al. · Journal of Virology · 77
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Too much of a good thing? Finding the most informative genetic data set to answer conservation questions
2019 · Elspeth A. McLennan, Belinda R. Wright, et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources · 32
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Founder relationships and conservation management: empirical kinships reveal the effect on breeding programmes when founders are assumed to be unrelated
2018 · C. J. Hogg, B. Wright, et al. · Animal Conservation · 67
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High blood lead concentrations in captive Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ): a threat to the conservation of the species?
2018 · LG Hivert, JR Clarke, et al. · Australian Veterinary Journal · 21
Complex problems need detailed solutions: Harnessing multiple data types to inform genetic management in the wild
2018 · Catherine E. Grueber, Samantha Fox, et al. · Evolutionary Applications · 78
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Response to Britt et al. 2018 “The importance of non-academic co-authors in bridging the conservation genetics gap” Biological Conservation 218, 118–123
2018 · Carolyn J. Hogg, Helen R. Taylor, et al. · Biological Conservation · 5
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