Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150101720

Funded Activity Summary

Pollination by sexual deception and the evolution of specialisation. Specialised pollination systems are of global scientific importance because they offer unique insights into speciation and are exceptionally vulnerable to anthropogenic change. Fundamental gaps remain in our knowledge of the adaptations required for specialisation, the ecological processes favouring its evolution, and whether specialisation facilitates or constrains floral evolution. This project aims to address these questions in a unique and diverse group of Australian orchids that are pollinated by sexual mimicry. This work will apply experimental, ecological and phylogenetic approaches to understand the visual and chemical adaptations to sexual mimicry and their consequences for species diversification, floral evolution and conservation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2015

End Date: 29-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $386,923.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis | Ecology not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Ecology not elsewhere classified | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis

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