Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101132

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE170101132

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How social relationships improve sheep productivity. This project aims to determine how the social network structure of a flock and different individuals’ experience and leadership abilities improve a population’s well-being and productivity (wool clip and lambing rates). This project will use social network theory and collective behaviour in animals to manage sheep in Australia’s arid rangelands, which are important for the pastoral industry, but where ecological challenges reduce livestock productivity. An expected outcome is management guidelines for the sheep industry to improve wool and meat production.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2017

End Date: 08-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $372,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Growth and Development | Animal Management | Animal Nutrition | Animal Production

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Sheep - Meat | Sheep - Wool |

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