Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208661

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0208661

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sex in the city: social harmony and conflict resolution in insect societies. Explaining the organization of cooperative societies is a significant challenge to the field of evolutionary biology. Insect societies play a pivotal role in achieving this aim, as colonies of many species persist with apparent harmony despite the presence of numerous queens competing for reproductive dominance. This study evaluates alternative hypotheses for the resolution of reproductive conflict and the maintenance and evolution of cooperative societies, by examining colonies of the Australian multi-queened social wasp genus Ropalidia. Outcomes include robust tests of prominent hypotheses, explanations for cooperation's diversity and persistence, and the development of powerful molecular and behavioral techniques within Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2002

End Date: 12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $103,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Higher education | Biological sciences |

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