Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT140100131
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Learning in a changing world: Maternal effects on offspring development and behaviour. The impact of anthropogenic change on Australia's biodiversity is of grave concern. It is therefore vital to understand the capacity of Australian fauna to adapt and change, despite environmental challenges. This project aims to quantify the potential for birds to respond to environmental challenges, by programming offspring with adaptive developmental profiles. By quantifying the effects of maternal stress over two generations, this project aims to determine whether mothers have the ability to alter rates of evolutionary change by employing epigenetic mechanisms. Combining lab trials with field data it will determine the biological relevance of these effects to a common, but declining bird, with relevance across Australian avifauna.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2015
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $769,222.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Biological Adaptation
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
