Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150101774

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150101774

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Early environmental effects on phenotypic development and evolution. Early developmental environments can profoundly influence the survival and reproductive success of organisms, including humans. The project aims to use an exceptional model lizard system to test a new theory about how personality and learning are influenced through the manipulation of offspring environment and how this affects lifetime fitness. Understanding these effects is important for predicting the responses to selection imposed by changing environments, the success of re-introduction programs for threatened species, and for understanding the long-term viability of populations. This project aims to merge theoretical developments in life history theory and evolutionary biology and contribute important empirical advances to a new research field.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-04-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $372,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Behaviour | Life Histories | Ecology | Behavioural Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Behaviour | Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Life Histories | Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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