Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP110102564
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Discovering how termites use vibrations to make foraging decisions. Termites are pests affecting one third of Australian homes. The annual cost of treatment and damage repair is over $20 billion worldwide. Yet, little is known about how termites make foraging decisions based on vibrations. This project will study the key features in vibration signals produced by termites to unlock the secrets of their foraging behaviour.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2011
End Date: 04-2014
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $235,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Acoustics and Noise Control (excl. Architectural Acoustics) | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Industrial Chemicals and Related Products not elsewhere classified | Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Urban and Industrial Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
