Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101652

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150101652

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Social and environmental selection on female ornaments and armaments. Darwin's theory of sexual selection is remarkably successful in explaining how elaborate signals evolved in male animals, but it is unclear whether similar processes drive the evolution of female signals. This project aims to conduct empirical and comparative tests of hypotheses for female trait elaboration, capitalising on inter- and intra-specific variation in female signal form, social organisation and signalling environments. The project could generate new insight into the processes that promote and constrain phenotypic diversity in nature.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2015

End Date: 02-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $392,100.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Behaviour | Life Histories | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

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