Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0344219
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Beyond Abundance: An experimental study of the effects of predators on prey behaviour and reproduction. Understanding the influence of top predators on community composition and population dynamics at lower trophic levels is a central problem in ecology, with important implications for ecological theory and conservation biology. Our study will be among the first to examine effects of presence and absence of top-level predators on the behaviour, reproduction, and microhabitat use of mid-level predators. Understanding how the behaviour and ecology of lower-level species change in response to changes in abundance of top-level predators will increase the ability of managers to mitigate the impacts of changes in predator abundance on managed ecosystems.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 12-2005
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $96,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Remnant vegetation and protected conservation areas | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Living resources (flora and fauna) |
