Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100097

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100097

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The costs of pheromone production. This project seeks to answer fundamental questions in sexual selection theory. Chemical communication plays a fundamental role in mate choice in most taxa, yet it is critically under-researched. Traditionally, the costs of pheromone production have been assumed to be low. How these ‘low-cost’ signals remain ‘honest’ remains a central question in evolutionary biology. This project intends to quantify the costs of pheromone production in two insect model systems with different modes of chemical communication, and to reveal the underlying physiological mechanisms that ensure signal honesty. This project expects to advance knowledge in the fields of chemical communication and insect immunology which may provide information useful to pest management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 30-06-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $372,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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