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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150102710
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
How different is different: highly contrasting colours in animal patterns. Red apples in green trees and blue berries on the ground create very different visual signals to animals. Furthermore, elaborate animal colour patterns have evolved to render them conspicuous or camouflaged against their background. Despite the ecological and evolutionary importance of animal colour patterns, little is known about how larger colour contrasts and complex patterns are perceived by animals. This project aims to fill this knowledge gap specifically it endeavours: to provide useful tools for behavioural ecologists and visual neuroscientists, and to understand for the first time the full gamut of colour signalling in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2015
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $497,800.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Animal Neurobiology | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Sensory Systems
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
