Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100026

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE180100026

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Startle displays: a new route to resolving the aposematism paradox. This project aims to propose an empirical evaluation of startle displays as the ‘missing link’ in antipredator defences. The evolutionary origin of warning colouration is considered paradoxical in that conspicuous mutant prey should be attacked and killed as they evolve, denying predators any chance to learn to avoid them. Startle displays, however, are antipredator defences that exploit predator reflexes through a sudden transition from camouflage to warning colouration. This work merges theory on antipredator defences, deepens knowledge of their fitness costs and benefits, and provides a new resolution to a classic evolutionary paradox.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-11-2019

End Date: 30-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $365,058.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecology | Invertebrate Biology | Behavioural Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mountain and High Country Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural Ecology | Ecology | Evolutionary Biology not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Invertebrate Biology | Mountain and High Country Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

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